2025 Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Construction Engineering isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #187 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 62 master's degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of construction engineering students who choose to seek a master's 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 engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Construction Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in construction engineering.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Construction Engineering

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

31 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a master's degree in construction engineering. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in construction engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

22 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you want to pursue a master's degree in construction engineering. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in construction engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best construction engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	27
Michigan	211	20

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Construction Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Construction Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Construction Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Construction Engineering	62

Most Popular Majors Related to Construction Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,307
Electrical Engineering	1,212
Civil Engineering	729
Industrial Engineering	586
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	521
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	520
Computer Engineering	514
Biomedical Engineering	450
General Engineering	399
Other Engineering	356

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen. More about our data sources and methodologies.