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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$3,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,755 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 191 degrees and certificates were awarded to construction trades students who went to a Nebraska college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for construction trades students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Community College Area the best value school in Nebraska for construction trades students working on their undergraduate certificate. Southeast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lincoln.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Community College are $3,192 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeast Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for construction trades in Nebraska.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northeast Community College is a great value for construction trades students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northeast are $3,750 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northeast is ranked #4 for overall quality for construction trades in Nebraska.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Northeast Community College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Metropolitan Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction trades schools in Nebraska. MCC is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $3,195 a year.

MCC also took the #5 spot in our Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska rankings.

Full Construction Trades at Metropolitan Community College Report

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 129
Minnesota 212
Iowa 59
South Dakota 136
Missouri 177
North Dakota 26

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

Majors Similar to Construction Trades

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 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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