2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Montana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in construction trades. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in construction trades.

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Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate

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

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

1

Montana State University - Northern
Havre, Montana

#9 overall quality in Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate. This small school is located in Havre, Montana, and it awarded 15 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

#2 overall quality in Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.

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3

Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Highlands College of Montana Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

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4

Montana State University - Billings
Billings, Montana

#8 overall quality in Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #4 spot on the 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.

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Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, Montana

#11 overall quality in Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Flathead Valley Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate list. Flathead Valley Community College is a small school located in Kalispell, Montana that handed out 2 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

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6

Aaniiih Nakoda College
Harlem, Montana

Aaniiih Nakoda College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Montana for an Associate ranking. This small school is located in Harlem, Montana, and it awarded 1 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.