A degree in project management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #250 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 62 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for project management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 4,189 degrees in project management to qualified students.
The project management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Project Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for project management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Project Management in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of project management degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's difficult to beat Georgetown University if you wish to pursue a degree in project management. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 64 project management students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in project management has to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 166 project management students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in project management has to look into George Washington University. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 36 project management students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in project management needs to check out Ohio University - Athens Campus. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were approximately 89 project management students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 project management students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available.
SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis. This university ranks 4th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 14 project management students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available.
GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 project management students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent year we have data available.
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The American University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means The American University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 project management students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 25 project management students who graduated with this degree at IWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
There were approximately 180 project management students who graduated with this degree at Embry-Riddle Worldwide in the most recent year we have data available.
KU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were about 57 project management students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
UAGC is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego. This university ranks 56th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 158 project management students who graduated with this degree at UAGC in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Project Management Schools award.
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).
The project management program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Project Management rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for project management schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
