2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,597 people earned their degree in general construction trades, making the major the 614th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 740 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Triton College

River Grove, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,988 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Triton College landed the #1 spot on the list. River Grove, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general construction trades degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Triton College also made our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Triton College is $4,988 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree General Construction Trades students.

Full Triton College General Construction Trades Report

#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. SWIC is a medium-sized school located in Belleville, Illinois that handed out 10 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $7,098 for great lakes region associate degree general construction trades students per year to attend Southwestern Illinois College.

Read full report on General Construction Trades at SWIC

#3

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$2,441 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washtenaw Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Washtenaw Community College is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s general construction trades degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washtenaw Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $2,441 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree General Construction Trades students per year to attend Washtenaw Community College.

Read more about General Construction Trades at Washtenaw Community College

#4

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#4 in overall quality

$10,340 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. NWTC is a fairly large public school situated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

NWTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NWTC is $10,340 for great lakes region associate degree general construction trades students.

Read more about General Construction Trades at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades

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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