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2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,434 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,195 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for construction students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Construction at Ivy Tech Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. SWIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Belleville.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,940 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Construction at Southwestern Illinois College Report

#3

Great Oaks Career Campuses

Cincinnati, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Great Oaks Career Campuses. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Great Oaks Career Campuses is a small public school located in the large 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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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Perry Technical Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Perry Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Yakima.

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#3

Apex Technical School

Long Island City, NY

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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Construction by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Construction is one of 6 different types of programs to choose from.

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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