You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in construction trades. It is ranked #34 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for construction trades students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 412 degrees in construction trades during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The construction trades school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Construction Trades Schools in Nebraska.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the construction trades degrees they offer, see the list below.
Metropolitan Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in construction trades. Located in the large city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the construction trades program state that they receive average early career wages of $51,288.
Northeast Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in construction trades. Located in the town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Those construction trades students who get their degree from Northeast Community College receive $7,946 more than the average construction trades graduate.
Gain the leadership skills and expertise you need to manage large-scale construction projects with this specialized online master's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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).