2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction is the 284th most popular major in the country with 1,435 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,364 and had an average of $9,374 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 93 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction. That schools that top this list have a program in construction in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The construction 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 Construction Major in Virginia”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Major in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree construction students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Virginia

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia

#11 overall quality in Virginia

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 Construction Major in Virginia list. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction at Northern Virginia Community College

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

#13 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Major in Virginia. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 0 associates’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Liberty University Construction Report

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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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