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2023 Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

55 Colleges
$38,377 Avg Salary
$19,540 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree School for You

Building Management & Inspection is the #26 most popular major in the country with 4,511 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 55 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular associate degree 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 associate degree.

Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the most popular school for building management and inspection students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in building management at the school are women while 90% are male.

Building Management majors at Portland Community College take out an average of $28,223 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Career College of Northern Nevada. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Career College of Northern Nevada is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Sparks.

Women make up 6% of the building management majors at the school.

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#3

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

Out of the 55 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Nevada landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Las Vegas.

About 18% of the students majoring in building management at the school are women while 82% are male.

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#3

Fullerton College

Fullerton, CA

Out of the 55 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fullerton College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Fullerton College is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 9% of the building management majors at the school.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Chemeketa Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular building management and inspection schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Salem, Chemeketa Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 30% of the students majoring in building management at the school are women while 70% are male.

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#6

San Diego Mesa College

San Diego, CA

San Diego Mesa College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree building management and inspection programs. Located in the city of San Diego, San Diego Mesa College is a public school with a large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in building management at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#6

Diablo Valley College

Pleasant Hill, CA

Diablo Valley College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree building management and inspection programs. Located in the suburb of Pleasant Hill, Diablo Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Coastline Community College

Fountain Valley, CA

Coastline Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Coastline Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fountain Valley.

Women make up 56% of the building management majors at the school.

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#6

City College of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

City College of San Francisco ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. City College of San Francisco is a large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Women make up 22% of the building management majors at the school.

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#10

Santiago Canyon College

Orange, CA

Santiago Canyon College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree building management and inspection programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Orange, SCC is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in building management at SCC, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

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Best Building Management & Inspection Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 139
California 779
Oregon 30
Nevada 52
Alaska 5
Hawaii 6

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

Building Management Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Building/Property Maintenance 1,289
Building Construction Technology 1,175
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager 910
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection 616
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector 239
Insulator 62
Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 52
Drywall Installation/Drywaller 52
Painting/Painter & Wall Coverer 40
Glazier 34
Carpet, Floor, & Tile Worker 30
Roofer 12

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Carpentry 3,273
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 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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