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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

3 Ranked Colleges
374 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,597 people earned their degree in construction, making the major the 282nd most popular in the United States. 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 the Far Western US region, there were 692 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,000 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 374 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Honolulu Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Honolulu Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 342 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.

Honolulu CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Honolulu CC is $8,398 for far western us region associate degree construction students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Construction at Honolulu CC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii Maui College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UH Maui College is a small school located in Kahului, Hawaii that handed out 3 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Maui College also made our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Hawaii Maui College is $9,255 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Construction students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Hawaii Maui College Construction Report

#3

Charter College

Vancouver, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charter College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Vancouver, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s construction degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Charter College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Charter College is $28,771 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Construction students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Charter College Construction Report

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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

  • *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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