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. 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 New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New Jersey, there were 944 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,522 and $10,055 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree construction trades students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rowan is a fairly large school located in Glassboro, New Jersey that handed out 34 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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