2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in Michigan

Students 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 Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 878 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,870 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 20 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular construction engineering programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in Michigan

1

Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan

#15 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Southfield, Michigan, and it awarded 12 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Lawrence Tech

2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Michigan for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 8 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 U-M Construction Engineering 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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.