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 has developed its “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Louisiana for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Louisiana, there were 860 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,171 and $12,840 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 58 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,648 and $22,451 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful construction trades program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Louisiana for an Associate”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Louisiana for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SOWELA Technical Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Louisiana for an Associate. This small school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 58 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
Full SOWELA Technical Community College Construction Trades Report
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