2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the United States for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwestern Illinois College is a great value for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. SWIC is a moderately-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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Great Oaks Career Campuses is a great value for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. Great Oaks Career Campuses is a small public school located in the suburb of Cincinnati.
Construction majors at Great Oaks Career Campuses take out an average of $10,032 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Perry Technical Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Perry Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Yakima.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Apex Technical School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Apex Technical School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Long Island City.
After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, construction graduates from Apex Technical School carry an average student debtload of $10,069.
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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 5 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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