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Construction Management

335 Master's Degrees Annually
1 Doctor's Degrees Annually
#174 in Popularity (Master's)

Types of Degrees Construction Management Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many construction management graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Master’s Degree 299
Graduate Certificate 106
Doctor’s Degree 1

What Construction Management Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, construction management majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Construction Management Majors

Construction Management majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

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  • Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
  • Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Skills for Construction Management Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to construction management:

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  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Abilities for Construction Management Majors

As a construction management major, you will find yourself needing the following abilities:

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  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
  • Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  • Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
  • Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

What Can You Do With a Construction Management Major?

Below is a list of occupations associated with construction management:

Job Title Job Growth Rate Median Salary
Construction Managers 11.1% $93,370

Who Is Getting a Master’s Degree in Construction Management?

299 Master's Degrees Annually
28% Percent Women
35% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major tends to be male dominated. About 72% of recent graduates are men.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of construction management majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 16
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 61
White 136
International Students 49
Other Races/Ethnicities 16

Geographic Diversity

Construction Management appeals to people across the globe. About 16.4% of those with this major are international students.

Some careers associated with construction management require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to construction management have obtained the following education levels.

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Education Level Percentage of Workers
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) 4.0%
Some College Courses 12.0%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree) 4.0%
Bachelor’s Degree 76.0%
Master’s Degree 4.0%

Online Construction Management Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 24 1
Certificate (2-4 Years) 0 0
Associate’s Degree 68 6
Bachelor’s Degree 13 5
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 32 10
Post-Master’s 2 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 2 1
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to construction management.

Major Number of Grads
Business Administration & Management 395,227
Accounting 84,760
Finance & Financial Management 58,013
General Business/Commerce 57,204
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 56,747
Marketing 52,820
Human Resource Management 25,350
Business Support & Assistant Services 16,604
Hospitality Management 14,076
Entrepreneurial Studies 12,707
Management Information Systems 11,695
Real Estate 7,783
International Business 7,505
General Sales & Marketing 5,965
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,903
Business/Managerial Economics 4,885
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 4,322
Insurance 2,334
Taxation 1,257
Business/Corporate Communications 837
Telecommunications Management 58

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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