an associate degree in construction is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #122 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 240 associate degrees in construction during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other construction students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for construction to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for construction students working on their associate degree.
The construction school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Construction Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in construction has to check out Honolulu Community College. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Honolulu CC is a public college with a small student population.
Construction associate degree recipients from Honolulu Community College receive an earnings boost of about $16,961 above the typical income of construction graduates.
Charter College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in construction. Located in the large city of Anchorage, Charter College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the construction program earn an average of $52,820 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
