Trade schools by state
Trade schools in Louisiana
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data · Updated October 17, 2026
22 colleges and trade schools in Louisiana reported 48 electrician, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), plumbing or construction programs with graduates in the latest two reported years, according to the federal College Scorecard. For each one you can see how many certificates or degrees it awarded, what graduates typically earned a year and four years later, and what a year at the school costs after grants.
Electrician programs in Louisiana
14 programs at 12 schools. Listed by graduates' pay one year after finishing, then by size; click any column heading to sort by it, and click again to reverse.
All 14 programs
| School | Program | Graduates 2023–24 | Typical pay 1 year after | Typical pay 4 years after | Yearly cost after grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles · Public · Scorecard | Associate degree | 91 | $53,028 | — | $6,795 |
| Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 211 | $46,786 | $54,434 | $8,484 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 70 | $43,122 | $54,408 | $5,162 |
| South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 97 | $42,989 | $55,415 | $9,430 |
| ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit · Scorecard | Certificate | 10 | $40,405 | $60,659 | $22,128 |
| Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 57 | $38,525 | $39,388 | $11,939 |
| Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 91 | $35,265 | — | $9,493 |
| SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 287 | — | $63,577 | $6,795 |
| Nunez Community CollegeChalmette · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 56 | — | — | $8,271 |
| Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 45 | — | — | $11,672 |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeMinden · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 37 | — | $86,604 | $14,899 |
| Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 24 | — | — | $9,356 |
| Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 19 | — | — | $8,389 |
| Nunez Community CollegeChalmette · Public · Scorecard | Associate degree | 1 | — | — | $8,271 |
Nationally, the typical pay one year after finishing was $44,469 for certificate programs; $55,611 for associate degree programs.
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HVAC programs in Louisiana
19 programs at 17 schools. Listed by graduates' pay one year after finishing, then by size; click any column heading to sort by it, and click again to reverse.
All 19 programs
| School | Program | Graduates 2023–24 | Typical pay 1 year after | Typical pay 4 years after | Yearly cost after grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 32 | $52,869 | $52,614 | $11,939 |
| South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 75 | $41,749 | $45,758 | $9,430 |
| Remington College-Lafayette CampusLafayette · Private nonprofit · Scorecard | Associate degree | 4 | $41,138 | — | $24,462 |
| Blue Cliff College-LafayetteLafayette · Private for-profit · Scorecard | Certificate | 0 | $41,037 | $38,728 | $31,665 |
| Remington College-Shreveport CampusShreveport · Private nonprofit · Scorecard | Certificate | 33 | $39,294 | $39,665 | $22,741 |
| Remington College-Lafayette CampusLafayette · Private nonprofit · Scorecard | Certificate | 23 | $39,294 | $39,665 | $24,462 |
| Remington College-Baton Rouge CampusBaton Rouge · Private nonprofit · Scorecard | Certificate | 21 | $39,294 | $39,665 | $25,278 |
| Fortis College-Baton RougeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit · Scorecard | Certificate | 35 | $37,811 | $45,551 | $22,998 |
| Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 80 | — | — | $8,484 |
| Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 74 | — | — | $11,672 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 57 | — | — | $5,162 |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeMinden · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 48 | — | $40,498 | $14,899 |
| Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchriever · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 38 | — | — | $9,493 |
| Nunez Community CollegeChalmette · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 38 | — | — | $8,271 |
| Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 37 | — | — | $9,356 |
| River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 30 | — | — | $8,411 |
| Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 20 | — | — | $8,389 |
| ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit · Scorecard | Certificate | 10 | — | — | $22,128 |
| Nunez Community CollegeChalmette · Public · Scorecard | Associate degree | 5 | — | — | $8,271 |
Nationally, the typical pay one year after finishing was $42,278 for certificate programs; $48,589 for associate degree programs.
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Plumbing programs in Louisiana
1 program at 1 school. Listed by graduates' pay one year after finishing, then by size; click any column heading to sort by it, and click again to reverse.
The program
| School | Program | Graduates 2023–24 | Typical pay 1 year after | Typical pay 4 years after | Yearly cost after grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles · Public · Scorecard | Certificate | 18 | — | — | $6,795 |
Nationally, the typical pay one year after finishing was $41,980 for certificate programs.
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Construction programs in Louisiana
14 programs at 12 schools. Listed by graduates' pay one year after finishing, then by size; click any column heading to sort by it, and click again to reverse.
All 14 programs
| School | Program | Graduates 2023–24 | Typical pay 1 year after | Typical pay 4 years after | Yearly cost after grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge · Public · Scorecard | Bachelor's degreeConstruction Management | 229 | $72,846 | $91,660 | $19,286 |
| University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe · Public · Scorecard | Bachelor's degreeConstruction Management | 28 | $71,933 | $98,336 | $12,218 |
| Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston · Public · Scorecard | Bachelor's degreeConstruction Engineering Technology/Technician | 52 | $63,579 | $77,558 | $11,959 |
| ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit · Scorecard | Associate degreeConstruction Management | 1 | $58,692 | — | $22,128 |
| Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge · Public · Scorecard | Associate degreeConstruction Management | 50 | $52,746 | $72,619 | $9,356 |
| Remington College-Lafayette CampusLafayette · Private nonprofit · Scorecard | CertificateBuilding/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | 15 | $36,806 | — | $24,462 |
| Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe · Public · Scorecard | CertificateBuilding/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | 56 | — | — | $8,484 |
| SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles · Public · Scorecard | CertificateCarpenters | 29 | — | — | $6,795 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge · Public · Scorecard | CertificateConstruction Management | 19 | — | — | $19,286 |
| Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans · Public · Scorecard | CertificateCarpenters | 12 | — | — | $11,939 |
| University of New OrleansNew Orleans · Public · Scorecard | Bachelor's degreeConstruction Management | 2 | — | — | $7,761 |
| Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City · Public · Scorecard | Associate degreeConstruction Engineering Technology/Technician | 0 | — | — | $8,389 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria · Public · Scorecard | CertificateCarpenters | 0 | — | — | $5,162 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria · Public · Scorecard | CertificateBuilding/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | 0 | — | — | $5,162 |
Nationally, the typical pay one year after finishing was $60,261 for associate degree programs in construction engineering technology/technician; $77,872 for bachelor's degree programs in construction engineering technology/technician; $35,931 for certificate programs in carpenters; $35,572 for certificate programs in building/construction finishing, management, and inspection; $59,911 for certificate programs in construction management; $58,990 for associate degree programs in construction management; $75,379 for bachelor's degree programs in construction management.
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How to read these numbers
- Where they come from: the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard. Schools report their programs and graduates; the pay figures come from federal tax records.
- Graduates: the number of certificates or degrees the school reported awarding in that field in the 2023–24 school year. Programs with no graduates in the two latest reported years (2022–23 and 2023–24) are left out.
- Typical pay: the median yearly earnings (wages plus self-employment income) of graduates who were working and not back in school. The 1-year figure is for people who finished in 2020–21 or 2021–22; the 4-year figure is for people who finished in 2017–18 or 2018–19. Both are in 2024 dollars.
- Who's counted: only graduates who got federal student aid (federal grants or student loans). Graduates who didn't get federal aid aren't in the figures, so the numbers may not describe every graduate.
- A dash (—) means the Department didn't publish a figure. For pay, that's usually because too few graduates were measured, so the figure is withheld to protect their privacy. Most small programs have no pay figure.
- Yearly cost after grants: the school's average net price: a year's tuition, fees, books and living costs, minus the average grant and scholarship aid, for full-time students starting college for the first time who got federal aid (at public schools, only students paying in-state tuition). At most colleges it's an average across all programs, not the one listed; at schools that enroll students year-round instead of by semester, it's for the school's largest program, and for a program shorter than a year it's the cost of the whole program. A school's own net price calculator, if it has one, gives a closer estimate.
- Program names follow the federal list of fields of study. "Electrical" includes power line worker programs; "construction" includes general construction trades, carpentry, building finishing and inspection, construction technology and construction management.
Sources (3)
- College Scorecard data (field of study and institution files, through the College Scorecard API), U.S. Department of Education. Data as of October 17, 2026.
- Technical documentation: field of study data, U.S. Department of Education, October 2026 version.
- College Scorecard data dictionary, U.S. Department of Education.