2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Washington” 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 Washington, there were 38 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

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. 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 Washington” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Washington.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction in Washington

#1

Charter College

Vancouver, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$29,523 Average Net Price

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Construction Schools for an Associate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Charter College landed the #1 spot on the list. Charter College is a small school located in Vancouver, Washington that handed out 16 associates’s construction degrees in 2019-2020.

Charter College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Charter College is $29,523 for Washington Associate Degree Construction students.

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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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