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2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana
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 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 Schools in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in Indiana to see which 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.
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 Schools in Indiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for trade school students working on their degree. Ivy Tech Community College is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 31,118 degrees in 2021-2022.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
Ivy Tech Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Trade Schools in Indiana rankings.
Out of the 24 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses landed the # 2 spot on the list. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Angola, Indiana. It awarded 405 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $9,576 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Trine is ranked #1 for overall quality in Indiana.
Full Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Report
Out of the 24 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 13,356 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.
Purdue also made our Best Trade Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #2.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,940 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Purdue Northwest are $14,478 a year.
Purdue Northwest also made our Best Trade Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.
Out of the 24 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Southeast landed the # 5 spot on the list. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in New Albany, Indiana that handed out 952 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indiana University - Southeast are $21,301 per year.
Vincennes University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list. This fairly large public school is located in Vincennes, Indiana, and it awarded 3,085 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vincennes University are $15,739 per year.
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, the large public school awarded 8,172 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at IUPUI are $32,582 a year.
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Indiana University - East landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Indiana University - East is a small public school located in Richmond, Indiana that handed out 911 degrees in 2021-2022.
IU East undergraduate students pay an average of $21,301 in tuition and fees each year.
ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list.
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Indiana University - South Bend did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #9 on the list. South Bend, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 924 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Indiana University - South Bend are $21,301 a year.
Indiana University - Northwest ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list. Located in Gary, Indiana, the small public school handed out 630 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at IU Northwest are $21,301 a year.
Indiana University - Kokomo came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana ranking. Kokomo, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 687 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IU Kokomo are $21,301 per year.
Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,305 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at PFW are $21,573 a year.
Ball State University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 6,518 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Ball State are $27,924 a year.
University of Southern Indiana landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized public school located in Evansville, Indiana that handed out 2,556 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USI are $21,740 per year.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Marion, Indiana, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3,385 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IWU are $9,432 per year.
Indiana State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana ranking. Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2,573 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Indiana State are $21,160 a year.
International Business College - Indianapolis ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, the very small private for-profit school handed out 139 degrees in 2021-2022.
International Business College - Indianapolis undergraduate students pay an average of $15,280 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Indianapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #19 on the list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1,525 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIndy are $34,972 per year.
UIndy did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Trade Schools in Indiana list.
Indiana Wesleyan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #20 on the list. Marion, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 931 students in 2021-2022.
IWU undergraduate students pay an average of $29,684 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 696 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
University of St. Francis Fort Wayne undergraduate students pay an average of $34,050 in tuition and fees each year.
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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 292 degrees in 2021-2022.
SMWC undergraduate students pay an average of $31,750 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Evansville ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana list. UE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evansville, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 573 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UE are $41,336 per year.
Valparaiso University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Indiana ranking. Valparaiso University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Valparaiso, Indiana that handed out 1,025 degrees in 2021-2022.
Valpo undergraduate students pay an average of $44,796 in tuition and fees each year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 24 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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