2023 Best Construction Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
4
Ranked Colleges
440
Degrees Awarded
$74,208
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Construction is the 284th most popular major in the country with 1,435 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,364 and had an average of $9,374 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 440 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the construction program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate”.
Top 4 Best Construction Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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 Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 222 associates’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.
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.According to our most recent data, Honolulu Community College supports 3,378 students, and 335 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 260 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,926. To help with additional expenses, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Honolulu CC Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate list. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized school located in Grand Junction, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.
Colorado Mesa also made our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 439 of the 9,110 students enrolled at Colorado Mesa were GI Bill® students, of which 196 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,707. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Read More…
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified associates’s construction students in 2020-2021.
SWIC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, SWIC supports 6,906 students, and 492 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 271 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,194. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Read More…
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Technical College of Missouri. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Construction for an Associate list. Linn, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
STC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Associate Degree Schools” list.Of the 1,756 students enrolled at STC, 83 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 44 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,461. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read More…
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General Major
Switch to a Similar Major
Switch to a More Focused Major
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to {}.
college factual
