2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 105 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general construction trades. That schools that top this list have a program in general construction trades in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region general construction trades students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

$33,859 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,536 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh Carbon Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Schnecksville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s general construction trades degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full LCCC General Construction Trades Report

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Prince George's Community College
Largo, Maryland

$49,968 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,300 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prince George’s Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Largo, Maryland, and it awarded 0 ’s general construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Prince George’s Community College General Construction Trades Report

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Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, New Jersey

$35,386 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,111 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Atlantic Cape Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Atlantic Cape Community College is located in Mays Landing, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s general construction trades degrees to qualified students.

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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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