2022 Best Value Colleges for Construction in Colorado (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,450 and had an average of $9,879 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 98 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Construction in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$15,569 Average Net Price

$35,568 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Mesa University landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Junction, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado Mesa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Schools in Colorado” list. The estimated yearly cost for Colorado Mesa University is $15,569 for Colorado Construction students with aid.

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#2

Lamar Community College

Lamar, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$10,604 Average Net Price

$18,900 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lamar, Colorado, and it awarded 42 ’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.

LCC also made our “Best Construction Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Lamar Community College is $10,604 for Colorado Construction students with aid.

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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

• *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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