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2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Wyoming
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
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 Wyoming ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Wyoming to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in Wyoming
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Our analysis found Western Wyoming Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Wyoming. WWCC is located in Rock Springs, Wyoming and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 35 basic certificates to qualified students.
WWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,640 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since WWCC does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2020-2021 about 55% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
WWCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming list.
Out of the 6 schools in Wyoming that were part of this year’s value ranking, Laramie County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. LCCC is a small public school situated in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It awarded 222 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCCC are $10,913 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at LCCC. In fact, around 48% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
LCCC also took the #2 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming rankings.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Casper College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Wyoming. Casper, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 36 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Casper College are $8,568 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Casper College does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 54% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Casper College is ranked #3 for overall quality in Wyoming.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Wyoming Community College District. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Wyoming list. Northern Wyoming Community College District is a small public school located in Sheridan, Wyoming that handed out 34 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Wyoming Community College District are $11,130 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Northern Wyoming Community College District. During the 2020-2021 year, about 37% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northern Wyoming Community College District is ranked #4 for overall quality in Wyoming.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwest College is a great place for trade school students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Northwest Community College is located in Powell, Wyoming 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 Northwest Community College are $11,162 per year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Northwest Community College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwest Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality in Wyoming.
Central Wyoming College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate trade school programs. CWC is a small public school situated in Riverton, Wyoming. It awarded 61 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
CWC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,980 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that CWC does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 47% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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.