2023 Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for 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.
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Top Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada
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Our 2023 rankings named Truckee Meadows Community College the best value school in Nevada for students working on their undergraduate certificate. This medium-sized public school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 187 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Truckee Meadows Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,620 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $9,840 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at Truckee Meadows Community College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 88% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Truckee Meadows Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality in Nevada.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Basin College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list. This small public school is located in Elko, Nevada, and it awarded 190 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Great Basin College are $10,399 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $11,332 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Great Basin College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 96% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Great Basin College also took the #2 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada rankings.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Southern Nevada helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Nevada. CSN is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 161 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
CSN undergraduate students pay an average of $11,534 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $15,460 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that CSN does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.
CSN also took the #4 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Career College of Northern Nevada. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list. Career College of Northern Nevada is a very small private for-profit school located in Sparks, Nevada that handed out 69 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Career College of Northern Nevada are $0 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,670 in student loans.
Career College of Northern Nevada also took the #1 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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