By Alec Stevanovski
06/29/2026 – Homepros
A quiet winner has emerged amid America’s skilled trades boom: Trade schools.
What’s happening: U.S. trade schools generated $19.1 billion in revenue in 2025, up 11.4 percent year-over-year, education-focused marketing and research firm Validated Insights noted in a new report, based on federal data.
- Zoom in: Universal Technical Institute (UTI) and Lincoln Tech — two of the nation’s largest for-profit operators, which offer HVAC training among their programs — in fiscal 2025 saw revenue climb 14 and 20 percent year-over-year, respectively, it added. …
