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2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction Trades is the 34th most popular major in the country with 37,535 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction trades graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,448 and had an average of $11,769 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 934 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,791 and $12,263 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 135 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in construction trades. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction trades programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction trades program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Fairfield, Maine. It awarded 25 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College also made our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $5,662 for new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Construction Trades at Kennebec Valley Community College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Eastern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 7 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College also made our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $8,260 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Construction Trades at Eastern Maine Community College

#3

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree construction trades students whose families make $0-$30k list, Northern Maine Community College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Maine Community College is $7,371 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Northern Maine Community College Construction Trades Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. BFIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s construction trades degrees to qualified students.

BFIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is $13,321 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full BFIT Construction Trades Report

#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech also made our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend New England Institute of Technology is $27,558 for New England Region Associate Degree Construction Trades students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full New England Tech Construction Trades Report

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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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