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2023 Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools

360 Colleges
$36,714 Avg Salary
$9,778 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection School for You

Building Management & Inspection is the #26 most popular major in the country with 5,269 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 360 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Building Management & Inspection program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for building management majors pursuing a .

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the most popular school in the United States for building management & inspection students. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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The excellent programs at Wake Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best building management & inspection schools in the United States. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

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#3

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Out of the 360 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Island.

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#4

Tidewater Tech-Trades

Norfolk, VA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tidewater Tech-Trades is a great place for building management & inspection students. Tidewater Tech-Trades is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

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The excellent programs at Washtenaw Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best building management & inspection schools in the United States. Washtenaw Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Ann Arbor.

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#6

CET, San Diego

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #6, CET, San Diego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for building management & inspection students. Located in the city of San Diego, CET, San Diego is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

Cape Fear Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. CFCC is a large public school located in the city of Wilmington.

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Utah Valley University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. Penn College is a small public school located in the small city of Williamsport.

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#9

Wilkes Community College

Wilkesboro, NC

Wilkes Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. Located in the distant town of Wilkesboro, Wilkes Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular building management & inspection programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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Isothermal Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for building management & inspection students. It came in at #12 on the list. ICC is a small public school located in the distant town of Spindale.

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#13

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Gwinnett Technical College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#14

Orleans Technical College

Philadelphia, PA

Orleans Technical College ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. Orleans Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee is a small public school located in the rural area of Muskogee.

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#16

Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA

Cabrillo College landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular building management & inspection programs. Cabrillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Aptos.

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#17

Palomar College

San Marcos, CA

Palomar College ranked #17 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. Palomar College is a large public school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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#18

Philadelphia Technician Training

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Technician Training ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Technician Training Institute is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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South Florida Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for building management & inspection students. It came in at #18 on the list. South Florida Institute of Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

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Central Piedmont Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for building management & inspection students. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.

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#21

San Jose City College

San Jose, CA

San Jose City College ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools list. San Jose City College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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Flint Hills Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for building management & inspection students. It came in at #22 on the list. Flint Hills Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Emporia.

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#22

Vista Adult School

Vista, CA

Vista Adult School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for building management & inspection students. It came in at #22 on the list. Vista Adult School is a small public school located in the large suburb of Vista.

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Northshore Technical Community College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. Located in the rural area of Lacombe, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Seminole State College of Florida came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools ranking. Seminole State is a large public school located in the city of Sanford.

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#26

Santiago Canyon College

Orange, CA
#27

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY
#27

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC
#29

Centralia College

Centralia, WA
#31

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
#36

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC
#36

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT
#39

Alfred State College

Alfred, NY
#39

Moraine Park Technical College

Fond du Lac, WI
#39

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX
#45

Pima Community College

Tucson, AZ
#46

CET, Soledad

Soledad, CA
#47

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, SD

Additional Award Winners

This list represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 360 different United States building management & inspection schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
49 City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
52 CET, Coachella Coachella, CA
52 North Bennet Street School Boston, MA
52 Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL
52 Grays Harbor College Aberdeen, WA

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Building Management & Inspection students that almost earned our Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Trade Schools award.

Rank College Location
56 New Castle School of Trades New Castle, PA
56 Portland Community College Portland, OR
56 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA
56 CET, El Centro El Centro, CA
56 Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA
56 Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR
56 Palo Verde College Blythe, CA
56 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston, MS
64 CET, Watsonville Watsonville, CA
64 Remington College - Memphis Campus Memphis, TN
64 College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA
64 ETI Technical College Niles, OH
68 Truckee Meadows Community College Reno, NV
68 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
68 Laney College Oakland, CA
68 CET, Alexandria Alexandria, VA
68 North American Trade Schools Baltimore, MD
68 Walla Walla Community College Walla Walla, WA
68 Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI

Building Management & Inspection by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, building management & inspection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Building Management Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Building/Property Maintenance 1,549
Building Construction Technology 1,448
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager 1,116
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection 529
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector 261
Drywall Installation/Drywaller 92
Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 84
Insulator 61
Painting/Painter & Wall Coverer 58
Glazier 33
Carpet, Floor, & Tile Worker 21
Roofer 17

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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