2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income Over $110k) in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction Management is the 153rd most popular major in the country with 3,473 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,233 and had an average of $25,516 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 234 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,400 and $20,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income Over $110k) in California

#1

California State University - East Bay

Hayward, California

#2 in overall quality

$17,828 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the #1 spot on the list. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large school located in Hayward, California that handed out 24 masters’s construction management degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal State East Bay did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cal State East Bay are $17,828.

Full Cal State East Bay Construction Management Report

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Management Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction management students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Construction Management at University of Southern California

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management (Income Over $110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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