2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Construction Management is the 153rd most popular major in the country with 3,473 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,233 and had an average of $25,516 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 607 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,233 and $27,099 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

$16,851 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and it awarded 4 masters’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Stout did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stout are $16,851, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Stout Construction Management Report

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552.

Full Eastern Michigan University Construction Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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