Construction Management is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #174 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for construction management students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 37 master's degrees in construction management to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on construction management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other construction management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for construction management to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction management related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for construction management students working on their master's degree.
The construction management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Construction Management Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region.
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It's hard to beat Wentworth Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a master's degree in construction management. Located in the city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the construction management program report average early career income of $86,496.
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).
