2024 Best Project Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you pursue a master's degree in project management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #100 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for project management students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 master's degrees in project management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to project management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of project management students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized project management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for project management students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Project Management Schools

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 Project Management Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Project Management in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in project management.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Project Management

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

It's hard to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in project management. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in project management from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

1

Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Dallas Baptist University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in project management. Located in the large city of Dallas, DBU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in project management from Dallas Baptist University

2

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in project management has to check out Sam Houston State University. SHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Huntsville.More information about a master’s in project management from Sam Houston State University

 

Best Project Management Colleges by State

Explore the best project management colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	542	60
Oklahoma	257	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Project Management

One of 16 majors within the Business Administration & Management area of study, Project Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Project Management

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	13,970
Organizational Leadership	201
Interior Design Management	193
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	188
Office Administration	80
Research and Development Management	71
Supply Chain Management	69
Transportation/Mobility Management	33
Operations Management	4

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.