2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s” 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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 16,294 students enrolled at Eastern Michigan University, 486 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 265 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,462. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern Michigan]](/colleges/eastern-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.
UW - Stout also made our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 7,970 students enrolled at UW - Stout, 305 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,590. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Stout does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UW - Stout]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-stout/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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