2022 Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Illinois, there were 670 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Triton College

River Grove, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,988 Average Net Price

$37,340 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Triton College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Triton College is a public institution located in River Grove, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 74 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Triton College also made our “Best Construction Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Triton College is $4,988 for Illinois Construction students with aid.

Read more about Construction at Triton College

#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

$30,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #2 spot on the list. Belleville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $7,098 for Illinois Construction students with aid per year to attend SWIC.

Read more about Construction at SWIC

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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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