America’s Top Vocational Schools 2025

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For the first time, USA TODAY and Statista are awarding the best schools offering vocational training via undergraduate certificate or diploma. The list is based on an extensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) analysis, focusing on five dimensions: Graduation Rate, Graduate Salary, Years to Pay of Net Price, Social Mobility, and Diversity. Institutions with the highest scores were awarded as USA TODAY’s America’s Top Vocational Schools.

Your institution belongs to the exclusive list of “America’s Top Vocational Schools 2025” and has been given the opportunity to license the official award. To help you showcase this well-earned recognition, USA TODAY and Statista are pleased to offer tailored licensing packages. These packages include access to the award logo, reserved exclusively for winners, allowing you to promote your achievement across both print and digital marketing platforms.

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Media Kit

This kit includes prepared graphics and artwork which support the immediate usage of the award in your marketing and communication campaigns.

Wallpapers & Backgrounds

Prepared backgrounds for your desktop and company mobile phone. The package also includes backgrounds for video meetings.

Social Media

Create momentum among your followers! Prepared artworks for Social Media (e.g. Facebook, X and Instagram) for time-efficient usage of the award on your social media channels.

Email Signatures & Web Banner

To start using the logo right away, the media kit includes pre-made artwork for email signature strips and a web banner. This provides an easy way to showcase the award consistently and increase visibility every day.

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For questions about the ranking, logo usage, and licensing options, please contact us.

Jannik Petersen

Team Lead Licensing - Americas

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+1 212 419 8292

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Project Details

About the project

For the first time, USA TODAY and Statista are awarding the “America’s Top Vocational Schools” in the US.

The ranking of the best schools offering vocational training via undergraduate certificate or diploma is based on an extensive Key Performance Indicator (KPI) analysis, focusing on five dimensions: Graduation Rate, Graduate Salary, Years to Pay Off Net Price, Social Mobility, and Diversity. Data on the schools’ performance was collected through public available sources like IPEDS and College Scorecard.

All schools were benchmarked against one another using the final score. The 250 institutions with the highest score were awarded as
USA TODAY’s America’s Top Vocational Schools.

~1800

Schools evaluated

>100.000

Datapoints analyzed

250

Schools awarded