by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Construction Trades is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,794 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction trades graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,184 and had an average of $11,556 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alabama, there were 493 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,777 and $17,898 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful construction trades program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama bachelor’s degree construction trades students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tuskegee University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Trades Major in Alabama for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
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