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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in Iowa (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,473 people earned their degree in construction management, making the major the 153rd most popular in the United States. 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 Iowa, there were 97 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,000 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 construction management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in construction management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree construction management students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Management in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. UNI is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Iowa is $15,620 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Construction Management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Management at University of Northern Iowa

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction management students in 2019-2020.

Dordt also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dordt is $25,102 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Construction Management students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Management at Dordt University

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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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