by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Construction Management is the 190th most popular major in the country with 3,828 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,089 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in construction management. That schools that top this list have a program in construction management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Everglades University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Everglades U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 10 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 masters’s construction management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Kennesaw State University is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 6 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Construction Management at Kennesaw State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction management degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 3 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s construction management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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