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2023 Most Popular Construction Trade Schools

118 Colleges
$33,364 Avg Salary
$9,022 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Construction School for You

In 2021-2022, 1,813 people earned a degree or certificate in construction, making the major the #38 most popular in the United States.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Construction Trade Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 118 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 Construction program at each school on the list.

Check out the construction programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Honolulu Community College the most popular school in the United States for construction students. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the city of Honolulu.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center is a great place for construction students. Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#3

Apex Technical School

Long Island City, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Apex Technical School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Construction Trade Schools list. Apex Technical School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Long Island City.

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#4

Triton College

River Grove, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Triton College is a great place for construction students. Located in the large suburb of River Grove, Triton College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

The excellent programs at Front Range Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction schools in the United States. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.

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#6

Western Nevada College

Carson City, NV

Western Nevada College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular construction programs. Located in the city of Carson City, WNC is a public school with a small student population.

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#7

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Lake Land College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for construction students. It came in at #7 on the list. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

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Southwest Texas Junior College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular construction programs. Located in the town of Uvalde, Southwest Texas Junior College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Saint Louis Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular construction programs. Saint Louis Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Bridgeton.

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Construction Training Center landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular construction programs. Construction Training Center is a school located in the of Columbia.

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Lamar Community College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Construction Trade Schools ranking. Located in the town of Lamar, LCC is a public college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #12, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for construction students. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.

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Mt. Hood Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for construction students. It came in at #13 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Gresham, MHCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Northern Virginia Community College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Construction Trade Schools ranking. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Annandale.

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#15

Mountain Empire Community College

Big Stone Gap, VA

With a ranking of #15, Mountain Empire Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for construction students. Located in the town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #16, Perry Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for construction students. Perry Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Yakima.

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State Technical College of Missouri landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular construction programs. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Construction students that almost earned our Most Popular Construction Trade Schools award.

Rank College Location
18 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN
18 Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool, NY
20 Lane Community College Eugene, OR
21 Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO
21 Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA
23 Iowa Western Community College Council Bluffs, IA
23 Portland Community College Portland, OR
23 Cochise County Community College District Sierra Vista, AZ

Construction 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, construction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Construction Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Construction Trades 1,813

Majors Similar to Construction

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
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).
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