2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major

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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,846 people earned their degree in construction management, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

Top 25% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 doctorate’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Management at ASU - Tempe

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Construction Management Major list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 39 doctorate’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Management at Mississippi State

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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