2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in Colorado

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 1,813 people earned their degree in general construction trades, making the major the 615th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 247 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,401 and $18,043 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general construction trades. That schools that top this list have a program in general construction trades in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Construction Trades in Colorado

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Lamar Community College
Lamar, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado list. This small school is located in Lamar, Colorado, and it awarded 4 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about General Construction Trades at Lamar Community College

2

Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado Mesa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado. Colorado Mesa University is a medium-sized public school situated in Grand Junction, Colorado. It awarded 7 associates’s general construction trades degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Construction Trades at Colorado Mesa University

3

Trinidad State Junior College
Trinidad, Colorado

#24 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinidad State Junior College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Construction Trades Major in Colorado list. Trinidad, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general construction trades degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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).
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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