If you plan on majoring in construction management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #150 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 98 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for construction management students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 3,846 degrees in construction management during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The construction management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Construction Management rankings. We derive our Best Overall Construction Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Construction Management Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Construction Management in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the construction management degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in construction management. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 construction management students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in construction management needs to look into Columbia University in the City of New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 33 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the construction management major at Columbia University in the City of New York get $32,121 more than the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Any student pursuing a degree in construction management has to take a look at Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 134 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Construction Management degree recipients from Virginia Tech earn a boost of about $2,846 above the average income of construction management graduates.
Wentworth Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in construction management. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. This school ranks 18th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 132 construction management students who graduated with this degree at WIT in the most recent year we have data available. Those construction management students who get their degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology receive $15,657 more than the average construction management graduate.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 114 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available. Construction Management degree recipients from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo earn a boost of about $17,415 above the average earnings of construction management majors.
Louisiana State University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. This university ranks 2nd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 315 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year. Construction Management degree recipients from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College get an earnings boost of about $4,758 above the average income of construction management graduates.
Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were about 63 construction management students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year. After graduation, construction management degree recipients generally earn an average of $67,720 in the first five years of their career.
UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 construction management students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, construction management degree recipients typically make about $68,050 at the beginning of their careers.
Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #125 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Drexel is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available. Those construction management students who get their degree from Drexel University receive $11,272 more than the typical construction management grad.
NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 construction management students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #64 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Stevens is a great school overall.
There were approximately 13 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Stevens in the most recent data year.
University of Oklahoma is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman. This university ranks 1st out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 30 construction management students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the construction management program report average early career earnings of $65,420.
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a small private for-profit college located in the rural area of Visalia. This college ranks 70th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 24 construction management students who graduated with this degree at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the construction management program make an average of $59,937 in the first couple years of their career.
Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 10 construction management students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the construction management program state that they receive average early career income of $62,908.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Construction Management Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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