2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 174 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 construction trades program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree construction trades students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Trades

#1

Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$9,159 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s. Utah Valley University is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Trades Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah Valley University is $9,159 for bachelor’s degree construction trades students.

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#2

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$13,853 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 66 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree construction trades students list, UTSA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for bachelor’s degree construction trades students.

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#3

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$25,794 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction trades students in 2019-2020.

Penn College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Trades Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,794 for bachelor’s degree construction trades students per year to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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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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