If you plan on getting your associate degree in construction management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #128 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of construction management. Combined, these schools handed out 61 associate degrees in construction management to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate 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 - The number of construction management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
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 associate 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 associate degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Construction Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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It is hard to beat Baton Rouge Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in construction management. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, BRCC is a public college with a large student population.
Soon after graduating, construction management associate recipients generally make an average of $40,032 in their early careers.
Any student who is interested in an associate degree in construction management needs to take a look at ITI Technical College. ITI Technical College is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Baton Rouge.
Construction Management associate degree recipients from ITI Technical College get an earnings boost of approximately $8,927 over the typical income of construction management majors.
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).
