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2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,473 people earned their degree in construction management, making the major the 153rd most popular in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction management students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in the Southwest Region

#1

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Management students.

Read more about Construction Management at Northern Arizona University

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 42 bachelors’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Management students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Oklahoma Construction Management Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,974 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Management students per year to attend UT Tyler.

Read more about Construction Management at The University of Texas at Tyler

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction management students list, SFASU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction management students per year to attend SFASU.

Read full report on Construction Management at Stephen F Austin State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 bachelors’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction management students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Construction Management Report

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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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