Construction Management at Western Illinois University

What traits are you looking for in a construction management school? To help you decide if Western Illinois University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's construction management program.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 11 of them were construction management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Construction Management section at the bottom of this page.

WIU Construction Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management

WIU Construction Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the construction management progam at WIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The construction management major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Construction Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	103

How Much Do Construction Management Graduates from WIU Make?

The median salary of construction management students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $51,827. This is less than $65,243, which is the national average of all construction management majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Construction Management Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the construction management majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Construction Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 construction management students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WIU, about 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical construction management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in construction management at WIU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its construction management bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in construction management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WIU also has a doctoral program available in construction management. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing

Careers That Construction Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in construction management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Construction Managers	12,730	$95,020

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.