If you're seeking an Associate Degree in other construction, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #223 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Construction Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 33 associate degrees in other construction to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Other Construction School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of other construction for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality other construction program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other construction students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other other construction students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for other construction to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other construction related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other construction students working on their associate degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Construction Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Other Construction in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in other construction.
Top Schools for an Associate in Other Construction
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).