2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 California, there were 3,095 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,412 and $8,705 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The construction trades school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades”.
Top 1 Best Construction Trades Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Construction Trades that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this medium-sized public school handed out 144 diplomas to qualified ’s construction trades students in 2020-2021.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 11,285 students enrolled at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, 198 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 129 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $535. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full Los Angeles Trade Technical College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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