2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Montana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 35,794 people earned their degree in construction trades, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. 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 Montana, there were 52 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,073 and $20,221 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in construction trades.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Montana

1

Montana State University - Northern
Havre, Montana

#9 overall quality in Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Northern landed the #1 spot on the list. Montana State University - Northern is a small public school situated in Havre, Montana. It awarded 15 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Aaniiih Nakoda College
Harlem, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aaniiih Nakoda College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana list. Located in Harlem, Montana, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction Trades at Aaniiih Nakoda College

3

Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Highlands College of Montana Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Highlands College of Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction Trades at Highlands College of Montana Tech

4

Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, Montana

#11 overall quality in Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Flathead Valley Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Flathead Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Kalispell, Montana. It awarded 2 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction Trades at Flathead Valley Community College

5

Montana State University - Billings
Billings, Montana

#8 overall quality in Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Full Montana State University - Billings Construction Trades Report

6

The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

#2 overall quality in Montana

The University of Montana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Montana ranking. UM is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 9 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in the Rocky Mountains 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.