2022 Best Value Colleges for Construction Trades in Wisconsin (With Aid)

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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 Wisconsin, there were 893 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Fox Valley Technical College

Appleton, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$11,127 Average Net Price

$34,939 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. FVTC is located in Appleton, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 166 ’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

FVTC also made our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Fox Valley Technical College is $11,127 for Wisconsin Construction Trades students with aid.

Read more about Construction Trades at FVTC

#2

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$10,340 Average Net Price

$34,659 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. NWTC is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 88 ’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our wisconsin construction trades students with aid list, NWTC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $10,340 for Wisconsin Construction Trades students with aid per year to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.

Read more about Construction Trades at NWTC

• Best Value Colleges for Construction Trades in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value 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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