2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
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Our 2023 rankings named Trinity Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for trade school students working on their basic certificate. Trinity College is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 basic certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinity College are $25,610 per year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Trinity College. In fact, around 84% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Trinity College is ranked #1 for overall quality in District of Columbia.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 1 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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