by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 200 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,245 and $25,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular construction management programs in the United States.
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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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #1 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction management degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Management at The University of Texas at El Paso
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Construction Management Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
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