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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$2,506 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,766 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades School for You

Construction Trades is the #38 most popular major in Florida with 33 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which 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. 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 Trades Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value programs for construction trades students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Florida

Check out the construction trades programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Trades

$2,506 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Hillsborough Community College to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. HCC is a large public school located in the city of Tampa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCC are $2,506 a year. On average, construction trades graduates from HCC take out $9,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, HCC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Construction Trades Schools in Florida list.

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$14,775 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Altierus Career College - Tampa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction trades schools in Florida. Altierus Career College - Tampa is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tampa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Altierus Career College - Tampa are $14,775 per year. The average amount in student loans that construction trades majors at Altierus Career College - Tampa take out is $9,500.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, TWS is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

After completing their degree, construction trades graduates from TWS carry an average student debtload of $7,125.

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#3

Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Atlantic Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Florida list. Atlantic Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Coconut Creek.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Miami, South Florida Institute of Technology is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 352
West Virginia 47
South Carolina 18
Virginia 65
Arkansas 0
Mississippi 176
Tennessee 6
Louisiana 58
Alabama 108
Kentucky 179
Georgia 110

Construction Trades Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Carpentry 3,273
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274
Other Construction 157

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

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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