2022 Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Construction Trades is the 958th most popular major in the country with 191 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 17 other construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 other construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other construction trades. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other construction trades 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 other construction trades program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree other construction trades students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Construction Trades (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$13,476 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mitchell Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mitchell, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other construction trades degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mitchell Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Tech is $13,476 for plains states region associate degree other construction trades students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

North Central Kansas Technical College

Beloit, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$13,781 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central Kansas Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. North Central Kansas Technical College is a small public school situated in Beloit, Kansas. It awarded 8 associates’s other construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central Kansas Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,781 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Other Construction Trades students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend North Central Kansas Technical College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Other Construction Trades at North Central Kansas Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Other Construction Trades (Income $48-$75k)

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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