2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades” 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 Kentucky, there were 3,767 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,629 and $8,247 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction trades programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the construction trades program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades”.
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.
Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades”.
Top 1 Best Construction Trades Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Construction Trades that were part of this year’s ranking, Big Sandy Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, this small public school handed out 309 degrees to qualified ’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 27 of the 2,426 students enrolled at Big Sandy Community and Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,230. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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