2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Construction Trades for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
51
Degrees Awarded
$36,008
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Construction Trades for an Associate” ranking.
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 Arizona, there were 368 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,008 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction trades programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction trades program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Construction Trades for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Construction Trades for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Construction Trades for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
Pima County Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Among the 15,544 students enrolled at Pima County Community College District, 853 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 426 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,036. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Pima County Community College District does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Pima County Community College District]](/colleges/pima-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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