2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,597 people earned their degree in general construction trades, making the major the 614th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 393 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general construction trades. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general construction trades programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general construction trades program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$7,066 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 11 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is $7,066 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students.

Read more about General Construction Trades at MCC

#2

State Technical College of Missouri

Linn, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,926 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. STC is a small public school situated in Linn, Missouri. It awarded 13 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree general construction trades students list, STC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for STC is $12,926 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students.

Read full report on General Construction Trades at State Technical College of Missouri

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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