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2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Idaho to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Idaho to see which undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Idaho
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Our 2023 rankings named North Idaho College the best value school in Idaho for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the small public school handed out 568 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIC are $8,736 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $11,478 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
NIC does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2020-2021 about 72% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
NIC also took the #2 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Idaho rankings.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Western Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Idaho. This medium-sized public school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 1,327 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $8,404 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
CWI does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2020-2021 year, about 47% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
CWI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Idaho list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Idaho list. Twin Falls, Idaho is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 134 students in 2021-2022.
College of Southern Idaho undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $9,306 in loans while pursuing their degree.
College of Southern Idaho does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 39% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
College of Southern Idaho also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Idaho rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Idaho list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 209 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at ISU are $25,936 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $13,432 in student loans.
ISU does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 54% 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, ISU is ranked #1 for overall quality in Idaho.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lewis - Clark State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Idaho. Located in Lewiston, Idaho, the small public school handed out 18 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis - Clark State College are $20,252 per year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Lewis - Clark State College. In fact, around 51% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Lewis - Clark State College also took the #3 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Idaho rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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