2023 Best Construction Management Colleges for Veterans in Iowa

Veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Management is the 190th most popular major in the country with 3,828 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Iowa, there were 111 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management”.

Top 2 Best Construction Management Colleges for Veterans in Iowa

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

251 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$6,033 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 28 ’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.

UNI also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, UNI supports 9,507 students, and 251 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 99 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,033. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNI does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Northern Iowa]](/colleges/university-of-northern-iowa/student-life/veterans/)

2

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

264 GI Bill® Students**

$2,554 Average GI Bill® Award

$39,262 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Construction Management. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large school located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that handed out 80 ’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.

Kirkwood Community College also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 12,277 students enrolled at Kirkwood Community College, 264 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,554. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Kirkwood Community College]](/colleges/kirkwood-community-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Construction Management Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best Construction Management Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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