by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
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 “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction management. To top this list, a school must have a successful construction management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 9 masters’s construction management degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. UW - Stout is a public institution located in Menomonie, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction management degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Milwaukee School of Engineering landed the #4 spot on the list. MSOE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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