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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Project Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
383 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Project Management is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 3,713 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 785 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 383 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in project management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great project management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the project management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Project Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s project management students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 156 masters’s project management degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree project management students whose families make $48-$75k list, Capella University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

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#3

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Mary is a small school located in Bismarck, North Dakota that handed out 14 masters’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

UMary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMary are $17,861, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 26 masters’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

KU also made our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s project management degrees to 64 students in 2019-2020.

SMU MN also took the #3 spot in our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota are $10,260.

Full SMU MN Project Management Report

The College of Saint Scholastica ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s project management degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

St. Scholastica also took the #0 spot in our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Scholastica are $15,502, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Project Management at The College of Saint Scholastica

#7

Grantham University

Lenexa, Kansas
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Grantham University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Project Management Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in Lenexa, Kansas. It awarded 71 masters’s project management degrees in 2019-2020.

Grantham University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Project Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grantham University are $4,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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