Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Construction Management

Prepares you to manage, coordinate, and supervise the construction process. Covers commercial, residential, mechanical, highway/heavy civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, and specialty construction; facilities management; budgeting and cost control; logistics and materials management; organization and scheduling; personnel management and labor relations; site safety; construction contracting; construction processes and techniques; and applicable codes and regulations.

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Programs within this field

Colleges may offer this field under 3 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.

Construction Management, General: Prepares you to manage, coordinate, and supervise the construction process. Covers commercial, residential, mechanical, highway/heavy civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, and specialty construction; facilities management; budgeting and cost control; logistics and materials management; organization and scheduling; personnel management and labor relations; site safety; construction contracting; construction processes and techniques; and applicable codes and regulations.
Construction Project Management: Prepares you to apply project management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques in the construction and facility management industries. Covers facilities operations and maintenance, construction estimating, OSHA standards, sustainability, drafting, construction plans, project planning, risk management, cost and time management, contracts and procurement, accounting, statistics, decision making, and human resources.
Construction Management, Other: Construction management not listed above.

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Construction Managers

Median pay: $114,990
Hiring change through 2035: 9.1%
Job openings a year: 49,700

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Project Management Specialists

Median pay: $102,320
Hiring change through 2035: 6.7%
Job openings a year: 76,500

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $99,080
Hiring change through 2035: 5.9%
Job openings a year: 7,600

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $65,420 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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0%of related openings involve substantial in-person or active work

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College options

Where to study it

Ordered by how many degrees each college awards in this field. Sort by any numbered column.

College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA	180	$63,541	74%	$20,000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA	150	$83,616	30%	$10,000
Indiana State University IN	116	$63,441	92%	$9,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA	113	$69,047	57%	$18,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA	106	$72,808	85%	$32,000
Appalachian State University NC	105	$56,322	89%	$15,000
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID	95	$65,669	97%	$6,000
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI	85	—	87%	$12,000
Brigham Young University UT	66	$67,720	69%	$13,000
Boise State University ID	64	$68,628	84%	$21,000
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN	59	$63,759	91%	$15,000
University of Southern Mississippi MS	59	—	99%	$23,000
University of Wisconsin-Stout WI	59	$66,751	85%	$13,000
Roger Williams University RI	58	$67,169	88%	$34,000
Missouri State University-Springfield MO	57	$59,513	91%	$15,000
Central Connecticut State University CT	55	$65,468	76%	$15,000
Illinois State University IL	52	$65,576	89%	$16,000
Kent State University at Kent OH	52	$58,436	87%	$17,000
Ferris State University MI	51	$62,334	81%	$8,000
University of Northern Iowa IA	49	$64,521	94%	$14,000
Middle Tennessee State University TN	49	$63,220	68%	$13,000
Ball State University IN	48	$65,771	72%	$14,000
Western Kentucky University KY	46	—	97%	$10,000
Northern Arizona University AZ	43	$67,718	91%	$13,000
California State University-East Bay CA	43	$80,056	97%	$9,000
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN	40	—	46%	$18,000
University of Wyoming WY	37	—	97%	$10,000
Northern Michigan University MI	36	—	70%	$11,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK	36	$65,420	77%	$15,000
Northern Kentucky University KY	33	$61,266	96%	$7,000
Eastern Kentucky University KY	32	$59,585	78%	$10,000
Eastern Michigan University MI	31	$63,660	81%	$14,000
Central Washington University WA	31	$73,538	90%	$16,000
University of Louisiana at Monroe LA	30	$59,634	75%	$13,000
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO	29	—	99%	$15,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE	28	—	77%	$15,000
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi NY	28	$68,951	88%	$19,000
Norwich University VT	27	$42,158	74%	$17,000
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN	26	$68,050	77%	$10,000
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville IL	25	—	97%	$11,000

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