2022 Best Value Colleges for Construction in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 81 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,900 and $9,879 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Construction Schools

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 in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Construction Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region construction students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Construction in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$11,990 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

HACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend HACC is $11,990 for Middle Atlantic Region Construction students with aid.

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• Best Value 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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