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 Georgia to review for the 2025 Best Construction Trades Schools in Georgia ranking.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Construction Trades Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Lincoln College of Technology - Marietta is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in construction trades. Located in the large suburb of Marietta, Lincoln Tech - Marietta is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
After graduation, construction trades degree recipients generally make about $33,505 in the first five years of their career.
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).
