2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,435 people earned their degree in general construction trades, making the major the 615th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 176 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general construction trades. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general construction trades program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The general 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree general construction trades students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Southeast Region

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia

Top 5% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 16 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Northern Virginia Community College General Construction Trades Report

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Perkinston, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s general construction trades students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Construction Trades at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

Top 5% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s general construction trades students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Construction Trades at Liberty University

3

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
Helena, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Southeast Region list. Phillips County Community College is a small public school situated in Helena, Arkansas. It awarded 11 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas General Construction Trades Report

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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