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2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.
The Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Idaho 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Schools in Idaho
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Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in Idaho for trade school students working on their degree. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 8,121 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU - I are $4,536 per year.
BYU - I did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Trade Schools in Idaho list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Eastern Idaho. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho list. Located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the small public school handed out 382 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CEI are $6,750 per year.
CEI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Trade Schools in Idaho list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Idaho College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho list. This small public school is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and it awarded 1,380 degrees in 2021-2022.
NIC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,736 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho list. College of Western Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in Nampa, Idaho that handed out 2,595 degrees in 2021-2022.
CWI undergraduate students pay an average of $7,344 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho list. This medium-sized public school is located in Twin Falls, Idaho, and it awarded 1,428 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at College of Southern Idaho are $6,840 a year.
Lewis - Clark State College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Idaho list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 848 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,252 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Lewis - Clark State College is ranked #4 for overall quality in Idaho.
Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in Boise, Idaho, the large public school awarded 6,158 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Boise State are $25,701 a year.
Boise State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Trade Schools in Idaho list.
Idaho State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #8 on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 2,795 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISU are $25,936 per year.
ISU also took the #5 spot in our Best Trade Schools in Idaho rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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