2023 Best Value Construction Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Construction Management Graduate Certificate School for You
Construction Management is the #150 most popular major in the country with 3,846 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for construction management students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Construction Management
Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Whitewater the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for construction management students working on their graduate certificate. UW - Whitewater is a large public school located in the distant town of Whitewater.
UW - Whitewater graduate students pay an average of $19,190 in tuition and fees each year.
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Our 2023 rankings named Lawrence Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for construction management students working on their graduate certificate. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Southfield.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Michigan University is a great value for construction management students working on their graduate certificate. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a year.
Request InformationBest Construction Management Colleges by State
Explore the best construction management schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 154 |
| Ohio | 81 |
| Illinois | 173 |
| Indiana | 136 |
| Wisconsin | 130 |
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Majors Related to Construction Management
One of 21 majors within the area of study, construction management has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Construction Management
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Accounting | 99,265 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.