2022 Best Construction Trades Schools
College Factual looked at 112 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Best Construction Trades Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 6,165 degrees in construction trades to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Construction Trades School
Your choice of construction trades school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for construction trades schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Construction Trades Degree Level
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 the Best Construction Trades Schools. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Best Schools for Construction Trades in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the construction trades degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
16 Top Schools in Construction Trades
Texas State Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in construction trades. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Schools rank of #418 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means TSTC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 150 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at TSTC in the most recent year we have data available.
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It is hard to beat Honolulu Community College if you want to pursue a degree in construction trades. Honolulu CC is a small public college located in the large city of Honolulu. A Best Schools rank of #321 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Honolulu CC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 354 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Honolulu CC in the most recent data year. Construction Trades degree recipients from Honolulu Community College get an earnings boost of about $40,552 over the average earnings of construction trades graduates.
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Any student who is interested in construction trades has to take a look at Richmond Community College. Richmond Community College is a small public college located in the distant town of Hamlet. This college ranks 23rd out of 113 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 43 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Richmond Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Those construction trades students who get their degree from Richmond Community College earn $28,652 more than the standard construction trades student.
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Any student pursuing a degree in construction trades needs to check out Ivy Tech Community College. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 17th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 606 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year. Construction Trades degree recipients from Ivy Tech Community College get an earnings boost of around $27,585 over the average earnings of construction trades majors.
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Located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 42nd out of 67 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 77 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Washtenaw Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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FVTC is a large public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton. A Best Schools rank of #709 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means FVTC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 20 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at FVTC in the most recent data year.
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Triton College is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of River Grove. A Best Schools rank of #800 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Triton College is a great college overall.
There were about 33 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Triton College in the most recent data year.
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New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich. A Best Schools rank of #274 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means New England Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 38 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at New England Tech in the most recent data year.
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Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public college with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #659 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Mitchell Tech is a great college overall.
There were approximately 79 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Mitchell Tech in the most recent data year.
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Located in the rural area of Linn, STC is a public college with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #508 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means STC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 93 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at STC in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in construction trades from State Technical College of Missouri
Located in the rural area of Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 19 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Northwest Iowa Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Those construction trades students who get their degree from Northwest Iowa Community College make $29,852 more than the standard construction trades student.
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Located in the rural area of Branchburg, RVCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Schools rank of #700 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means RVCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 13 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at RVCC in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in construction trades from Raritan Valley Community College
Located in the city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Schools rank of #260 out of 2,576 colleges nationwide means Dunwoody College of Technology is a great college overall.
There were roughly 87 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at Dunwoody College of Technology in the most recent data year. Those construction trades students who get their degree from Dunwoody College of Technology receive $8,752 more than the average construction trades student.
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HVCC is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Troy. This college ranks 92nd out of 160 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 87 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at HVCC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the construction trades major at Hudson Valley Community College earn $13,552 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown. A Best Schools rank of #206 out of 2,576 schools nationwide means LATI is a great school overall.
There were approximately 23 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at LATI in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the small city of Reading, RACC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 112th out of 134 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 22 construction trades students who graduated with this degree at RACC in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in construction trades from Reading Area Community CollegeAdditional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional great schools for Construction Trades students that almost earned our Best Construction Trades Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 17 | Alfred State College | Alfred, NY |
| 18 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX |
| 19 | Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | Lancaster, PA |
| 20 | Hennepin Technical College | Brooklyn Park, MN |
| 21 | Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology | Boston, MA |
| 22 | Utah Valley University | Orem, UT |
| 23 | Northern Michigan University | Marquette, MI |
| 24 | Bismarck State College | Bismarck, ND |
| 25 | Dakota County Technical College | Rosemount, MN |
Construction Trades by Region
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Construction Trades Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 3,178 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 1,586 |
| Construction | 556 |
| Carpentry | 533 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 230 |
| Masonry | 50 |
| Other Construction | 32 |
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Notes and References
- The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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