Joint labor-management apprenticeship programs account for the vast majority of registered apprentices in Illinois’ construction industry. These programs are significantly more rigorous than employer-only construction programs and require more hours of on-the-job and classroom training than a typical bachelor’s. However, despite requiring more hours of training to graduate, joint construction programs have a completion rate that rivals four-year universities and is 22 percentage points higher, on average, than employer-only programs. This report compares enrollment statistics, graduation rates, and the earnings potential of apprentices in joint labor-management aprenticeship programs in construction to those in employer-only construction programs as well as to those in all other non-construction training programs. These outcomes in registered apprenticeship programs are also contrasted with colleges and universities in Illinois to apprenticeship as an alternative post-secondary option for high school graduates in the state.