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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades

1 Ranked Colleges
1,827 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas 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 Texas, there were 1,827 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,279 and $10,806 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction trades programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction trades program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades”.

Top 1 Best Construction Trades Colleges for Veterans in Texas

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Construction Trades list. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 69 ’s construction trades degrees in 2020-2021.

UTSA 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 34,742 students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio, 3,565 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Veteran Student Life Report

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