2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah
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. 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 Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Utah 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.
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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Utah
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Our analysis found Salt Lake Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Utah. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the large public school handed out 1,205 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Salt Lake Community College are $13,701 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $7,970 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at Salt Lake Community College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 47% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Salt Lake Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Utah rankings.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Snow College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Utah. This medium-sized public school is located in Ephraim, Utah, and it awarded 45 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Snow College are $14,130 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $9,316 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Snow College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 69% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s value ranking, Weber State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 84 students in 2021-2022.
WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,084 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $16,599 in student loans.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at WSU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 47% 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, WSU is ranked #3 for overall quality in Utah.
Out of the 7 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s value ranking, Utah State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Logan, Utah, the large public school handed out 97 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
USU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,223 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $11,696 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online courses are available at USU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2020-2021 about 70% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
USU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Utah list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. UVU is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3,432 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UVU does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2020-2021 about 57% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UVU also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Utah rankings.
Dixie State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students to get an undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Dixie State College is a public institution located in Saint George, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 553 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dixie State College are $17,642 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Dixie State College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 39% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Eagle Gate College - Murray did quite well on this year’s best value schools for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eagle Gate College - Murray are $17,112 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,992 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Eagle Gate College - Murray does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Eagle Gate College - Murray also took the #2 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Utah rankings.
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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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