Construction Management

3,752 students earn a construction management credential each year across 132 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $72,779
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $93,016

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Bachelor's programs — 83 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1California State University-East BayHayward, California43$99,6491 year out——2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California150$92,7851 year out—$18,955 3California State University-ChicoChico, California—$89,0751 year out$116,720$19,314 4Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah22$82,9141 year out—$15,000 5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona—$82,5911 year out$105,289—6Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts106$81,8801 year out$103,212$27,000 7Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington31$81,6661 year out$103,530$26,999 8Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin16$79,3531 year out$90,385—9Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania23$78,0301 year out$99,117$31,000 10Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho64$77,1091 year out$111,191$25,000 11Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona43$76,7081 year out$98,073$23,700 12Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia113$76,2461 year out$97,079$27,000 13University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska—$76,1321 year out$86,489$24,670 14Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho95$75,7791 year out$91,212$15,466 15University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota26$75,7051 year out—$23,983 16Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota59$75,6821 year out$92,673$26,499 17University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada0$75,4851 year out——18Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island58$75,3341 year out$102,001$26,000 19Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan36$75,2261 year out—$23,656 20Everglades UniversityBoca Raton, Florida96$75,0421 year out$95,485$48,247 21University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri19$74,1771 year out$104,389$24,750 22Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina0$73,9871 year out$84,606$22,675 23Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri57$73,7311 year out$89,605$24,600 24Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah66$73,6781 year out$93,016$12,228 25Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan51$73,2921 year out$92,831$20,750 26John Brown UniversitySiloam Springs, Arkansas11$73,2491 year out$99,760—27Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania21$72,9401 year out—$27,000 28University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin59$72,7791 year out$97,088$20,425 29Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi—$72,7121 year out—$30,500 30Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana116$72,3791 year out$76,234$29,567 31University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma36$72,2491 year out—$22,500 32University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, Louisiana30$71,9151 year out—$18,901 33Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan31$71,7981 year out$71,247$28,750 34Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee49$71,7621 year out$89,376$22,050 35Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia—$71,4221 year out$100,339$27,000 36The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas2$71,1231 year out—$29,000 37Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois12$70,7891 year out$84,868$26,000 38Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois52$70,6721 year out$94,268$21,500 39Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota19$70,0841 year out$93,175$21,764 40Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas73$69,7331 year out$90,793$23,461 41SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York28$69,1301 year out—$27,000 42Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana48$69,0761 year out—$25,769 43Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky32$68,7261 year out$83,463$25,500 44University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa49$68,6981 year out$83,917$23,000 45Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky33$67,2951 year out$89,765$24,053 46Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado19$67,0441 year out—$24,750 47Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana180$66,9341 year out$96,044$24,000 48Utica UniversityUtica, New York15$66,5411 year out—$27,000 49Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut55$65,4701 year out$92,098$22,402 50Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio52$64,6521 year out$75,683$24,041 51Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland16$64,3921 year out—$26,500 52Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio11$64,3111 year out—$26,500 53Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota14$61,7891 year out—$31,000 54Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina105$59,8091 year out$76,819$20,280 55SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York12$55,8511 year out$77,022$25,000 56Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont27$46,7511 year out$79,530$26,363 57University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin85—1 year out——58University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi59—1 year out——59Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky46—1 year out——60The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee40—1 year out——61University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming37—1 year out——62Park UniversityParkville, Missouri32—1 year out——63Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado29—1 year out——64University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska28—1 year out——65Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois25—1 year out——66South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota24—1 year out——67Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois19—1 year out——68National UniversitySan Diego, California18—1 year out——69SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York13—1 year out——70Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan9—1 year out——71University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska8—1 year out$93,440—72Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, Michigan8—1 year out——73Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas8—1 year out——74Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont8—1 year out——75Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois6—1 year out——76West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, West Virginia6—1 year out——77Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire5—1 year out——78National American University-Rapid CityRapid City, South Dakota5—1 year out——79Newschool of Architecture and DesignSan Diego, California4—1 year out——80Dordt UniversitySioux Center, Iowa3—1 year out——81University of MaryBismarck, North Dakota3—1 year out——82Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, Tennessee2—1 year out——83Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington——1 year out$107,912—

Associate programs — 48 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah13$86,1521 year out—$18,260 2ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana13$59,9421 year out—$22,565 3Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia0$53,0711 year out$63,468$21,048 4San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California36$53,0531 year out$76,663$20,000 5San Joaquin Valley College-OntarioOntario, California20$53,0531 year out$76,663$20,000 6Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana46$40,0321 year out—$12,008 7Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota31—1 year out——8Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas26—1 year out——9Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa23—1 year out$64,292—10Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska23—1 year out——11Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota17—1 year out——12Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas17—1 year out——13Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas15—1 year out——14Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington14—1 year out——15Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho13—1 year out——16Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota13—1 year out——17Park UniversityParkville, Missouri11—1 year out——18John A Logan CollegeCarterville, Illinois10—1 year out——19Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico10—1 year out——20Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts9—1 year out——21College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois8—1 year out——22Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois8—1 year out——23Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois8—1 year out——24Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan8—1 year out——25Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan8—1 year out——26Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut7—1 year out——27McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois7—1 year out——28Renton Technical CollegeRenton, Washington7—1 year out——29Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware6—1 year out——30Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa6—1 year out——31Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——32Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington6—1 year out——33Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont5—1 year out——34City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois3—1 year out——35Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois3—1 year out——36Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore, Maryland3—1 year out——37Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——38Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland2—1 year out——39Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi2—1 year out——40Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio2—1 year out——41Shoreline CollegeShoreline, Washington2—1 year out——42University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska1—1 year out——43University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska1—1 year out——44University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia1—1 year out——45Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois1—1 year out——46North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota1—1 year out——47National American University-Rapid CityRapid City, South Dakota1—1 year out——48Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 31 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas88—1 year out——2Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa86—1 year out——3Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois27—1 year out——4Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico26—1 year out——5Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut20—1 year out——6Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska13—1 year out——7Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesFort Wayne, Indiana12—1 year out——8Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa9—1 year out——9Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan7—1 year out——10Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, Georgia6—1 year out——11The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana6—1 year out——12Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado5—1 year out——13Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota5—1 year out——14Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah5—1 year out——15Renton Technical CollegeRenton, Washington5—1 year out——16Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota4—1 year out——17CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York4—1 year out——18Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington4—1 year out——19Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia4—1 year out——20College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois3—1 year out——21Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan3—1 year out——22Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan3—1 year out——23University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota3—1 year out——24Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey3—1 year out——25Lamar State College-OrangeOrange, Texas3—1 year out——26Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois2—1 year out——27Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas2—1 year out——28Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana2—1 year out——29Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore, Maryland2—1 year out——30Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York1—1 year out——31Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).