2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Illinois (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Illinois, there were 670 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 47 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree construction students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Triton College

River Grove, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,988 Average Net Price

$102,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Triton College landed the #1 spot on the list. Triton College is located in River Grove, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 associates’s construction degrees to qualified students.

Triton College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $4,988 for Illinois Associate Degree Construction students with aid per year to attend Triton College.

Read more about Construction at Triton College

#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Belleville, Illinois, and it awarded 10 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SWIC is $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Construction students with aid.

Read full report on Construction at Southwestern Illinois College

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction (With Aid)

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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