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2022 Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,450 and had an average of $9,879 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 5 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree construction students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s construction students in 2019-2020.

HACC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for HACC is $9,933 for pennsylvania associate degree construction students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full HACC Construction Report

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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