2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The construction management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree construction management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

$16,851 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Wisconsin - Stout is a medium-sized school located in Menomonie, Wisconsin that handed out 4 masters’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Stout also took the #0 spot in our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stout are $16,851, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Management at UW - Stout

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Construction Management at Eastern Michigan

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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