General Construction Trades

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
1,813
growing 26.3%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$4,104
growing 3.34%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$8,694
growing 1.18%

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Construction Trades and the types of students that study this field. Lake Land College awards the most degrees in General Construction Trades in the US, but Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center and Honolulu Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades.

Tuition costs for General Construction Trades majors are, on average, $4,104 for in-state public colleges, and $8,694 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Construction Trades programs are Public, 2-year institutions (76 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,046 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Construction Trades (2022)
  1. 214 degrees awarded
  2. 213 degrees awarded
  3. 188 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades, is Public, 2-year (1,046 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Construction Trades programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$4,104
Median In-State Public
$8,694
Median Out of State Private

Lake Land College has the most General Construction Trades degree recipients, with 214 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer General Construction Trades programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades, with 42.6%.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Construction in the United States.

N/A Male employees are more likely to hold Construction degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Construction (815 students).

Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course General Construction Trades is from the 2 Digit Course Construction.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Construction are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (88.4%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Construction Trades.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    815 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    368 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    235 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Associates Degree recipients in General Construction Trades.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Construction Trades field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Construction Trades majors need many skills, but most especially Coordination. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Construction Trades majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Construction Trades majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Coordination, Speaking, and Management of Personnel Resources are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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