2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Management is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,846 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $66,201 and had an average of $24,806 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 75 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,815 and $26,195 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in construction management.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington”.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in Washington

1

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

#5 overall quality in Washington

$73,538 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,390 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction Management at CWU

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction management students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Construction Management at UW Seattle

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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