Construction Trades degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #34 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in Colorado to review for the 2025 Best Construction Trades Schools in Colorado ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Construction Trades Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of construction trades degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Colorado Mesa University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in construction trades. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Grand Junction.
Construction Trades degree recipients from Colorado Mesa University receive an earnings boost of around $7,344 above the typical earnings of construction trades majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).