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2022 Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 37,535 people earned their degree in construction trades, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, construction trades graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,448 and had an average of $11,769 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 934 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,791 and $12,263 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 135 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction trades programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction trades program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is located in Fairfield, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 associates’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

Kennebec Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Construction Trades at Kennebec Valley Community College

#2

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, Maine
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Presque Isle, Maine, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k list, Northern Maine Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $9,206 for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Northern Maine Community College.

Read more about Construction Trades at Northern Maine Community College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k list, Eastern Maine Community College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $10,259 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Eastern Maine Community College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k list, BFIT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BFIT is $13,829 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make more than $110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full BFIT Construction Trades Report

#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and it awarded 38 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for New England Institute of Technology is $31,690 for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make more than $110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Trades at New England Tech

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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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