by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,635 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,454 and $12,343 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction trades. 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 Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree construction trades students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 30 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Pennsylvania for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Jefferson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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