Construction Management isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #174 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Construction Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 79 master's degrees in construction management to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 full 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Construction Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in construction management has to look into The University of Texas at El Paso. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Soon after graduation, construction management master's recipients typically make around $70,155 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
