Construction Trades, General
2,597 students earn a construction trades, general credential each year across 76 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $39,297
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $44,307
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Associate programs — 35 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii154$86,7411 year out$106,044$12,5002Charter CollegeAnchorage, Alaska33$52,8201 year out$44,307$13,8623Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma33—1 year out——4Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois31—1 year out——5State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri31—1 year out——6Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon29—1 year out——7Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada19—1 year out——8Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia17—1 year out——9Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri15—1 year out——10Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado8—1 year out——11Palau Community CollegeKoror, Palau8—1 year out——12Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois6—1 year out——13Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri6—1 year out——14Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah6—1 year out——15Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado5—1 year out——16Lamar Community CollegeLamar, Colorado5—1 year out——17Shawnee Community CollegeUllin, Illinois5—1 year out——18College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho5—1 year out——19Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois4—1 year out——20Stautzenberger College-MaumeeMaumee, Ohio3—1 year out——21Oglala Lakota CollegeKyle, South Dakota3—1 year out——22Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming3—1 year out——23Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, Minnesota2—1 year out——24East Central CollegeUnion, Missouri2—1 year out——25Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio2—1 year out——26Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon2—1 year out——27Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon2—1 year out——28Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia2—1 year out——29Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career CollegeRockford, Illinois2—1 year out——30Carrington College-Phoenix NorthPhoenix, Arizona1—1 year out——31Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa1—1 year out——32White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire1—1 year out——33Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio1—1 year out——34Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon1—1 year out——35Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 56 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada500—1 year out——2Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois347$12,8381 year out—$5,5003Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization CenterMinneapolis, Minnesota241$28,4401 year out$22,498$9,3224Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado140—1 year out——5Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona106—1 year out——6Apex Technical SchoolLong Island City, New York97$23,5621 year out$42,804$9,5007Western Nevada CollegeCarson City, Nevada72—1 year out——8Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana57—1 year out——9Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon48—1 year out——10Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois37—1 year out——11Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia37—1 year out——12Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa30—1 year out——13Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia29—1 year out$45,787—14Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas26—1 year out——15Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois24—1 year out——16Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia24—1 year out——17Perry Technical InstituteYakima, Washington23$39,3661 year out—$7,89218Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas22—1 year out——19North Arkansas CollegeHarrison, Arkansas20—1 year out——20Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon20—1 year out——21Arkansas State University Three RiversMalvern, Arkansas19—1 year out——22Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, Texas16—1 year out——23Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma16—1 year out——24Great Oaks Career CampusesCincinnati, Ohio15$39,2971 year out—$9,50025Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan14—1 year out——26Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCESLiverpool, New York14$24,1291 year out—$8,23327Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois13—1 year out——28Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana13—1 year out——29Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri12—1 year out——30Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado11—1 year out——31Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia11—1 year out——32Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia10—1 year out——33University of Arkansas Community College-BatesvilleBatesville, Arkansas7—1 year out——34University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas7—1 year out——35Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado7—1 year out——36Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, Minnesota7—1 year out——37Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia7—1 year out——38Lamar Community CollegeLamar, Colorado5—1 year out——39South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, Illinois5—1 year out——40Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri5—1 year out——41New Community Career & Technical InstituteNewark, New Jersey5—1 year out——42Sitting Bull CollegeFort Yates, North Dakota4—1 year out——43Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia4—1 year out——44University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska3—1 year out——45Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota3—1 year out——46Little Big Horn CollegeCrow Agency, Montana3—1 year out——47Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming3—1 year out——48East Central CollegeUnion, Missouri2—1 year out——49Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota2—1 year out——50University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska1—1 year out——51Community College of AuroraAurora, Colorado1—1 year out——52Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan1—1 year out——53Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon1—1 year out——54Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah1—1 year out——55North American Trade SchoolsBaltimore, Maryland——1 year out$37,660$10,39256Northwest Technical CollegeBemidji, Minnesota0—1 year out$64,918—
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).