2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (With Aid)
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 For Those Getting Aid” 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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 556 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in construction. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction 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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Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.
Top 12 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Honolulu Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small public school awarded 342 degrees to qualified associates’s construction students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Honolulu CC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,238 for associate degree construction students with aid per year to attend Honolulu Community College.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Triton College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Triton College is a medium-sized school located in River Grove, Illinois that handed out 32 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.
Triton College also made our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Triton College is $4,988 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid.
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washtenaw Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Washtenaw Community College is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Washtenaw Community College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $2,441 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid per year to attend Washtenaw Community College.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend State Technical College of Missouri. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. STC is located in Linn, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s construction degrees to qualified students.
STC also made our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for State Technical College of Missouri is $12,926 for associate degree construction students with aid.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #5 spot on the list. SWIC is a public institution located in Belleville, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWIC is $7,098 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid.
With a ranking of #6, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 11 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.
MCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is $7,066 for associate degree construction students with aid.
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
NWTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is $10,340 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid.
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Colorado Mesa University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s construction students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree construction students with aid list, Colorado Mesa has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado Mesa University is $15,569 for associate degree construction students with aid.
Lamar Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. LCC is a small school located in Lamar, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree construction students with aid list, LCC has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,604 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid per year to attend LCC.
With a ranking of #10, Harrisburg Area Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction students in 2019-2020.
HACC also took the #10 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for HACC is $11,990 for associate degree construction students with aid.
University of Hawaii Maui College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. UH Maui College is a public institution located in Kahului, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Maui College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,816 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid per year to attend University of Hawaii Maui College.
Charter College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Vancouver, Washington, this small private for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified associates’s construction students in 2019-2020.
Charter College also took the #12 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $29,523 for Associate Degree Construction students with aid per year to attend Charter College.
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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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