2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 an Associate in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 168 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,050 and $25,507 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 an Associate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. CNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s construction management degrees to qualified students.

CNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Management students per year to attend CNM.

Read full report on Construction Management at CNM

#2

Collin County Community College District

McKinney, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,293 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Collin County Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in McKinney, Texas, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction management students in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Management students.

Read full report on Construction Management at Collin County Community College District

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Management

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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