2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 3,308 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,355 and $8,413 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 345 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction trades. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction trades programs that also have a lower cost than 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 for an Associate in California

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in California

#1

Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$6,907 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in California list. This fairly large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 55 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

Los Angeles Trade Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $6,907 for california associate degree construction trades students per year to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

Full Los Angeles Trade Technical College Construction Trades Report

#2

San Diego City College

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$5,082 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego City College landed the #2 spot on the list. San Diego City College is a fairly large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 7 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

San Diego City College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Diego City College is $5,082 for california associate degree construction trades students.

Read full report on Construction Trades at San Diego City College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades

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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