2023 Best Value Construction Associate Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,435 people earned a degree or certificate in construction, making the major the #285 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Construction Associate Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for construction students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Construction
Our 2023 rankings named Honolulu Community College the best value school in the United States for construction students working on their associate degree. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.
Honolulu CC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,310 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that construction majors at Honolulu CC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $15,173.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Northeast Iowa Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction schools in the United States. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.
NICC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southwestern Illinois College is a great value for construction students working on their associate degree. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Belleville.
SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,940 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means State Technical College of Missouri is a great value for construction students working on their associate degree. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STC are $12,780 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, STC also did well on our Best Construction Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado Mesa University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Mesa are $22,322 a year.
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Majors Related to Construction
Construction is one of 6 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
| Carpentry | 3,273 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 2,617 |
| Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
- 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).
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