2023 Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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 Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which online undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Escoffier - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2,792 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $8,986 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 96% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Montana State University - Billings helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Montana State University - Billings is a small public school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 48 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $6,198 in tuition and fees if they attend Montana State University - Billings full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $19,924. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $11,204 in student loans. Around 94% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 61% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pueblo Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pueblo Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 94 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Colorado pay an average of $4,626 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Pueblo Community College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $16,275. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $10,179 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Idaho State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in Pocatello, Idaho, the fairly large public school awarded 209 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at ISU is $7,958. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $25,936. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $13,432 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 37% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 54% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Laramie County Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the small public school awarded 99 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Students from Wyoming who attend LCCC full time pay an average of $4,613 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $10,913. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $10,261 in student loans. Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 48% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Great Falls College Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Great Falls, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 64 students in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Montana pay an average of $3,532 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Great Falls College Montana State University. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $11,338. Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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Colorado Mesa University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, the medium-sized public school handed out 155 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Colorado Mesa is $9,297. Out-of-state students pay an average of $23,019. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $12,834 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 37% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 43% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Trinidad State Junior College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Trinidad, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 114 students in 2021-2022.
Students from Colorado who attend Trinidad State Junior College full time pay an average of $5,240 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $8,360. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $10,699 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 57% were women.
Around 15% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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