2022 Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Construction Trades is the 614th most popular major in the country with 2,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 393 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general construction trades. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general construction trades programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general construction trades program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$8,368 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 11 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $8,368 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

State Technical College of Missouri

Linn, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,564 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Technical College of Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Linn, Missouri, and it awarded 13 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

STC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend State Technical College of Missouri is $13,564 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades (Income $48-$75k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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