2023 Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Degrees Awarded
$66,761
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s” 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 the Southwest region, there were 200 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,245 and $25,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in construction management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus supports 27,772 students, and 12 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,720. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU, 1,055 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. During this same period, 56 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 Northern Arizona University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Construction Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #3 spot on the list. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction management degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
UT Tyler did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 397 of the 9,781 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Tyler were GI Bill® students, of which 199 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,846. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Texas at Tyler does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Texas at Tyler Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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