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2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 78 schools in Texas 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. 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.
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Top Value Trade Schools in Texas
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Our analysis found Lamar State College - Port Arthur to be the best value school for trade school students in Texas. Lamar State College - Port Arthur is a small public school located in Port Arthur, Texas that handed out 561 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar State College - Port Arthur are $7,890 per year.
Out of the 78 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Galveston College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Galveston College is located in Galveston, Texas and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 677 degrees to qualified students.
Galveston College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,726 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Galveston College also is in the top 10% of our Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. This small public school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 968 degrees in 2021-2022.
Lamar Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $12,636 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Panola College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Carthage, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 897 students in 2021-2022.
Panola College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,896 in tuition and fees each year.
Panola College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Trade Schools in Texas list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alvin Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Located in Alvin, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,253 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Alvin are $4,010 per year.
El Centro College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #6 on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 10,913 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $6,000 per year.
El Centro College also made our Best Trade Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.
Collin County Community College District ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. This large public school is located in McKinney, Texas, and it awarded 6,278 degrees in 2021-2022.
Collin County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $5,614 in tuition and fees each year.
Lee College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Located in Baytown, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 3,677 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lee College also is in the top 15% of our Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking.
Amarillo College 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. Located in Amarillo, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 2,380 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.
San Jacinto Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 8,335 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
College of the Mainland ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Texas City, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 760 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at COM are $3,873 a year.
Tarrant County College District came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas ranking. Tarrant County College is a public institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7,513 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tarrant County College are $8,235 per year.
Victoria College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas ranking. Victoria College is a public institution located in Victoria, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 600 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Victoria College are $5,112 per year.
Wharton County Junior College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in Wharton, Texas, the medium-sized public school handed out 865 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wharton County Junior College are $5,052 per year.
McLennan Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #15 on the list. McLennan Community College is a medium-sized public school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 1,793 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at MCC are $5,910 a year.
The University of Texas at Brownsville ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Located in Brownsville, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,232 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Brownsville are $4,948 per year.
Lamar State College - Orange did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in Orange, Texas, the small public school awarded 647 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Lamar State College - Orange undergraduate students pay an average of $13,824 in tuition and fees each year.
Hill College ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. This small public school is located in Hillsboro, Texas, and it awarded 670 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Hill College are $4,462 a year.
Clarendon College ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Clarendon College is a small public school located in Clarendon, Texas that handed out 290 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clarendon College are $5,400 per year.
El Paso Community College 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. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 4,045 students in 2021-2022.
El Paso Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,314 in tuition and fees each year.
Northeast Texas Community College 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. NTCC is a small public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Texas. It awarded 705 degrees in 2021-2022.
NTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,449 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NTCC also did well on our Best Trade Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Central Texas College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #22 on the list. Central Texas College is a public institution located in Killeen, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2,687 degrees in 2021-2022.
Central Texas College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,500 in tuition and fees each year.
Tyler Junior College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas ranking. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large public school situated in Tyler, Texas. It awarded 2,452 degrees in 2021-2022.
Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.
North Central Texas College ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. NCTC is located in Gainesville, Texas and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,599 degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NCTC are $7,200 per year.
Temple College ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Texas list. Temple College is located in Temple, Texas and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 828 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Temple College are $6,576 a year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 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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