2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Tennessee

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 486 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,911 and $15,125 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,342 and $21,173 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Tennessee”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Tennessee

1

Remington College - Memphis Campus
Memphis, Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Remington College - Memphis Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Remington College - Memphis Campus

2

William Moore College of Technology
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Moore College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Tennessee list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Full William Moore College of Technology Construction Trades Report

3

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, Tennessee

#7 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in Tennessee list. Southern Adventist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Collegedale, Tennessee. It awarded 1 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Trades at Southern Adventist University

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