by our College Data Analytics Team
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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region” 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 the Far Western US region, there were 4,488 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,301 and $9,126 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nevada College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region list. 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.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
