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2022 Best Value Colleges for Construction Trades in Texas (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
1,618 Degrees Awarded
$8,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid

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 in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 37,535 people earned their degree in construction trades, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. 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 Texas, there were 1,618 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction trades programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction trades program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Construction Trades in Texas (With Aid)

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 286 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for Texas Construction Trades students with aid.

Full Texas State Technical College Construction Trades Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 64 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for texas construction trades students with aid.

Read more about Construction Trades at Austin Community College District

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $13,853 for Texas Construction Trades students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #5 spot on the list. St Philip’s College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 67 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $6,250 for texas construction trades students with aid per year to attend St Philip’s College.

Read more about Construction Trades at St Philip’s College

San Jacinto Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 96 ’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto College is $8,692 for texas construction trades students with aid.

Read more about Construction Trades at San Jacinto Community College

#7

Vista College

El Paso, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Vista College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Vista College is a small private for-profit school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 32 ’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

Vista College also made our “Best Construction Trades Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $8,306 for Texas Construction Trades students with aid per year to attend Vista College.

Full Vista College Construction Trades Report

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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