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2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wyoming
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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wyoming ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Wyoming 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.
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 Wyoming
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Our analysis found Western Wyoming Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Wyoming. This small public school is located in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and it awarded 70 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
WWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,640 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,531 in student loans.
WWCC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2020-2021 about 55% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
WWCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming list.
Out of the 6 schools in Wyoming that were part of this year’s value ranking, Casper College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Casper College is a small public school situated in Casper, Wyoming. It awarded 151 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Casper College are $8,568 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $13,445 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Casper College. During the 2020-2021 year, about 54% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Casper College also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming list, coming in at #3.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Laramie County Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 99 students in 2021-2022.
LCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,913 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,261 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 LCCC does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, LCCC is ranked #2 for overall quality in Wyoming.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northern Wyoming Community College District is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Sheridan, Wyoming, the small public school awarded 166 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Northern Wyoming Community College District are $11,130 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,937 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northern Wyoming Community College District does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 37% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Northern Wyoming Community College District also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming list, coming in at #4.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Wyoming College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Wyoming list. CWC is located in Riverton, Wyoming and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWC are $10,980 per year.
Some students may be able to take online classes at CWC. In 2020-2021 about 47% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Northwest College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate trade school programs. This small public school is located in Powell, Wyoming, and it awarded 33 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Northwest Community College are $11,162 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $17,473 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 Northwest Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Northwest Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Wyoming list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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.