by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major” ranking.
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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 221 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction trades. That schools that top this list have a program in construction trades in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree construction trades students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Tuskegee University landed the #1 spot on the list. Tuskegee is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tuskegee, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major. This small school is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction trades degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nevada College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major. Carson City, Nevada is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction trades degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
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Utah Valley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major ranking. UVU is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 60 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Thomas Jefferson University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s construction trades degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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With a ranking of #8, SUNY Delhi did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major list. This small school is located in Delhi, New York, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
Weber State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major ranking. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Idaho State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major ranking. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.
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