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Best Value Construction Trades Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$2,768 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,082 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades School for You

With 352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, construction trades is the #32 most popular major in North Carolina.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Construction Trades School

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Technical Community College the best value school in North Carolina for construction trades students. Located in the suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wake Technical Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Construction Trades Schools in North Carolina ranking.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Wake Technical Community College

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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
West Virginia 47
Mississippi 176
South Carolina 18
Florida 33
Virginia 65
Arkansas 0
Alabama 108
Kentucky 179
Georgia 110
Tennessee 6
Louisiana 58

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 values are for the top school 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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