2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate 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.
The Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
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Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 11,706 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $9,816 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Ivy Tech Community College does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 33% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ivy Tech Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality in Indiana.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vincennes University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Vincennes University is a fairly large public school located in Vincennes, Indiana that handed out 1,153 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Vincennes University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,739 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $13,980 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Vincennes University does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2020-2021 year, about 14% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Vincennes University also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. This large public school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 28 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at IUPUI are $32,582 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,286 in student loans.
Online courses are available at IUPUI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 62% 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, IUPUI is ranked #1 for overall quality in Indiana.
Out of the 7 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s value ranking, landed the # 4 spot on the list.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at are $0 a year.
Out of the 7 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Southern Indiana landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Evansville, Indiana, the medium-sized public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
USI undergraduate students pay an average of $21,740 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since USI does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 55% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
USI also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Indiana rankings.
With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Northwest did quite well on this year’s best value schools for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Indiana University - Northwest is a small public school located in Gary, Indiana that handed out 10 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
IU Northwest undergraduate students pay an average of $21,301 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $14,108 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online classes at IU Northwest. In fact, around 75% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
International Business College - Indianapolis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out undergraduate certificates to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at International Business College - Indianapolis are $15,280 a year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 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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