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2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$18,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Utah to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in Utah

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
715 Total Awards
$13,701 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Salt Lake Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Utah. Salt Lake Community College is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 715 basic certificates to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $13,701 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Salt Lake Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 47% 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, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality in Utah.

Full Salt Lake Community College Report

#2

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah
283 Total Awards
$17,084 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 283 students in 2021-2022.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,084 in tuition and fees each year.

Online courses are available at WSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2020-2021 year, about 47% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

WSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Utah list.

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2,564 Total Awards
$17,830 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 2,564 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UVU does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 57% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

UVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Utah list.

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#4

Dixie State University

Saint George, Utah
413 Total Awards
$17,642 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Dixie State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah list. Located in Saint George, Utah, the fairly large public school handed out 413 basic certificate awards in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dixie State College are $17,642 per year.

Dixie State College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2020-2021 about 39% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Dixie State College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Utah list.

Full Dixie State University Report

#5

Utah State University

Logan, Utah
178 Total Awards
$24,223 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Utah list. This large public school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 178 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $24,223 per year.

USU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2020-2021 about 70% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

USU also took the #5 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Utah rankings.

Full Utah State University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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