2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,828 people earned their degree in construction management, making the major the 190th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 703 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in construction management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in construction management.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in the Great Lakes Region

1

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Management at Eastern Michigan University

2

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. Menomonie, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction management degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Management at UW - Stout

3

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

Full Kent State Construction Management Report

4

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s construction management degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Construction Management at WMU

4

Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full MSOE Construction Management Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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