USA TODAY partnered with the research firm Statista to create the 2025 list of America’s top 250 trade schools.

By contrast, trade schools offer hands-on vocational training in fields ranging from cosmetology to plumbing, and typically don't undertake the type of research that is funded by agencies such as ...

But the economic part of it is what Morales says is a big appeal of trade schools. “For a trade school, you’re looking at $15,000 to $16,000, and that is before any financial aid, which could ...