2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Trades is the 34th most popular major in the country with 37,535 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Maryland, there were 162 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,880 and $12,185 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,858 and $15,601 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction trades programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Lincoln College of Technology - Columbia

Columbia, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$25,209 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln College of Technology - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln Tech - Columbia is a small school located in Columbia, Maryland that handed out 20 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

Lincoln Tech - Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend Lincoln College of Technology - Columbia is $25,209 for Maryland Associate Degree Construction Trades students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades (With Aid)

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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