2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Trades Major in Hawaii” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Trades is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,794 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction trades graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,184 and had an average of $11,556 in loans still to pay off.

Across Hawaii, there were 350 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,208 and $12,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 270 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,980 and $16,727 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in construction trades. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction trades program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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The construction trades 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 Trades Major in Hawaii”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Hawaii

1

Honolulu Community College
Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Honolulu Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii list. Honolulu Community College is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 245 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction Trades at Honolulu CC

2

Hawaii Community College
Hilo, Hawaii

#11 overall quality in Hawaii

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Hawaii Community College is a public institution located in Hilo, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Kauai Community College
Lihue, Hawaii

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Kauai Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lihue, Hawaii, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.

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4

University of Hawaii Maui College
Kahului, Hawaii

#10 overall quality in Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii Maui College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Hawaii list. UH Maui College is located in Kahului, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Construction Trades at University of Hawaii Maui College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused 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

• *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.