2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general construction trades. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general construction trades programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general construction trades program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

State Technical College of Missouri

Linn, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,926 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend State Technical College of Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. State Technical College of Missouri is a small school located in Linn, Missouri that handed out 13 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

STC also made our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $12,926 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students with aid per year to attend STC.

Read full report on General Construction Trades at STC

#2

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$7,066 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general construction trades degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is $7,066 for plains states region associate degree general construction trades students with aid.

Full Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City General Construction Trades Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades (With Aid)

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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