by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 the Great Lakes region, there were 714 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,313 and $25,746 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 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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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree construction management students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 9 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Management at Eastern Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and it awarded 3 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stout Construction Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 2 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Management at Kent State University at Kent
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #4 spot on the list. MSOE is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s construction management degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Construction Management at Milwaukee School of Engineering
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