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2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Vermont
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 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 Vermont ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Vermont to see which ones offered the best value programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Schools in Vermont
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Our analysis found Community College of Vermont to be the best value school for trade school students in Vermont. Community College of Vermont is a medium-sized public school located in Montpelier, Vermont that handed out 571 degrees in 2021-2022.
CCV undergraduate students pay an average of $13,640 in tuition and fees each year.
CCV not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Trade Schools in Vermont list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Vermont list. Castleton University is a small public school located in Castleton, Vermont that handed out 468 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Castleton are $30,046 a year.
Castleton also took the #5 spot in our Best Trade Schools in Vermont rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Vermont list. UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3,356 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UVM are $43,890 a year.
UVM also took the #2 spot in our Best Trade Schools in Vermont rankings.
Out of the 6 schools in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Vermont Technical College is a small public school located in Randolph, Vermont that handed out 558 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vermont Tech are $29,502 per year.
The excellent programs at Champlain College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in Vermont. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 1,515 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Champlain are $44,220 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Champlain is ranked #1 for overall quality in Vermont.
Norwich University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Vermont ranking. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Northfield, Vermont, and it awarded 1,120 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Norwich are $45,340 a year.
Norwich did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Trade Schools in Vermont list.
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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.