by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular construction trades programs in the United States.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nevada College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. WNC is a public institution located in Carson City, Nevada. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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