Quick answer: No college within 100 miles of Yakima, Washington awards a building inspection degree - the nearest campus is about 115 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024). Online programs that enroll Washington students are the realistic route, and they are what the comparison below covers.
| Distance from Yakima | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 0 |
| Within 50 miles | 0 |
| Within 100 miles | 0 |
| Within 250 miles | 5 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
No college within 100 miles of Yakima awards this degree - the nearest campus is roughly 115 miles away. From Yakima this is an online degree in practice, which is how most working adults take it anyway, and the comparison widget above covers programs that enroll Washington students online.
The subject matter does not change by location: building codes and standards, construction materials and methods, blueprint reading, and structural, electrical and mechanical inspection. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from a recognized institutional accreditor, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 3 schools within 176 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 3 of them carry a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Construction and Building Inspectors in Washington earn a median $96,140 per year against $74,690 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Washington median for construction and building inspectors is $96,140 per year, above the national median of $74,690, on state employment of 3,090 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Yakima specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Washington page.
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