2024 Best Construction Management Master's Degree Schools in New York

Construction Management isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #174 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of construction management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 master's degrees in construction management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of construction management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt construction management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for construction management students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Construction Management Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Construction Management Master's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Construction Management in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in construction management.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Construction Management

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

33 Annual Graduates

$98,322 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a master's degree in construction management. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.

Students who graduate with their master's from the construction management program report average early career income of $98,322.

More information about a master’s in construction management from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

New York University
New York, NY

16 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in construction management. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in construction management from New York University

3

Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY

16 Annual Graduates

Manhattan College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in construction management. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Riverdale.More information about a master’s in construction management from Manhattan College

Best Construction Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Construction Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	13
Maryland	193	10
New Jersey	188	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Construction Management

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Construction Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Construction Management Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Construction Management	65

Most Popular Majors Related to Construction Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	6,051
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	4,204
Accounting	1,788
Human Resource Management	618
General Sales & Marketing	459
Real Estate	337
Finance & Financial Management	322
Taxation	268
Marketing	259
Other Business, Management & Marketing	237

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to RudolfSimon. More about our data sources and methodologies.