2023 Best Value Construction Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,435 people earned a degree or certificate in construction, making the major the #285 most popular in the United States.
Today's 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for construction 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.
Top 10 Best Construction Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the United States for construction students. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 15% of our Best Construction Schools ranking.
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The excellent programs at Honolulu Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction schools in the United States. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.
Honolulu CC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,310 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, construction graduates from Honolulu CC carry an average student debtload of $12,500.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Schools list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NICC are $6,840 per year.
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The excellent programs at Southwestern Illinois College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction schools in the United States. SWIC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SWIC are $5,940 a year.
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Out of the 12 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the # 5 spot on the list. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.
STC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,780 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for construction students. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.
Colorado Mesa undergraduate students pay an average of $22,322 in tuition and fees each year.
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Virginia Western Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Construction Schools list. Virginia Western Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Roanoke.
Virginia Western Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,358 in tuition and fees each year.
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Great Oaks Career Campuses came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Schools ranking. Great Oaks Career Campuses is a small public school located in the suburb of Cincinnati.
After completing their degree, construction graduates from Great Oaks Career Campuses carry an average student debtload of $9,500.
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With a ranking of #8, Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center did quite well on this year’s best value schools for construction students. Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
On average, construction graduates from Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center take out $8,250 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Perry Technical Institute ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Construction Schools list. Perry Tech is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Yakima.
On average, construction graduates from Perry Tech take out $9,552 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Majors Related to Construction
Construction is one of 6 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
| Carpentry | 3,273 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 2,617 |
| Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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