2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 California” 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 California, there were 234 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,400 and $20,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in California

#1

California State University - East Bay

Hayward, California

#2 in overall quality

$17,828 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the #1 spot on the list. California State University - East Bay is a fairly large public school situated in Hayward, California. It awarded 24 masters’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State East Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State East Bay are $17,828, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cal State East Bay Construction Management Report

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s construction management degrees to qualified students.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

Read full report on Construction Management at USC

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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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