2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in North Dakota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that 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 North Dakota, there were 99 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,876 and $7,830 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,800 and $19,208 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in construction trades.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate”.

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in North Dakota

1

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

#5 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate. Bismarck State College is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 associates’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

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2

North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, North Dakota

#7 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State College of Science. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate list. North Dakota State College of Science is a public institution located in Wahpeton, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Trades at North Dakota State College of Science

3

Turtle Mountain Community College
Belcourt, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Turtle Mountain Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate. TMCC is a small school located in Belcourt, North Dakota that handed out 1 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Turtle Mountain Community College Construction Trades Report

4

Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, North Dakota

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in North Dakota for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Sitting Bull College landed the #4 spot on the list. Sitting Bull College is a small school located in Fort Yates, North Dakota that handed out 5 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sitting Bull College Construction Trades Report

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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.