2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Texas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction trades programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Texas

#1

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$13,853 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Trades Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also made our “Best Construction Trades Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,853 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Construction Trades students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Construction Trades at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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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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