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Best Value Colleges for Construction Management

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$64,579

Avg. Earnings

<1 yr

Best Payback

2,395

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$61,218	<1 yr
2	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$75,204	1.3 yrs
3	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA · Public	$15,615	$80,309	1.4 yrs
4	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$16,738	$83,091	1.4 yrs
5	University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK · Public	$12,985	$72,274	1.4 yrs
6	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY · Public	$9,505	$63,005	1.4 yrs
7	Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	$14,233	$69,691	1.6 yrs
8	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$70,829	1.7 yrs
9	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ · Public	$14,142	$68,219	1.7 yrs
10	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private	$12,676	$64,990	1.7 yrs
11	Boise State University Boise, ID · Public	$16,204	$72,274	1.7 yrs
12	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN · Public	$14,498	$66,541	1.8 yrs
13	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$13,230	$64,837	1.8 yrs
14	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA · Public	$17,235	$71,168	1.9 yrs
15	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO · Public	$14,267	$65,573	1.9 yrs
16	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX · Public	$12,165	$61,020	1.9 yrs
17	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS · Public	$14,800	$66,941	1.9 yrs
18	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$63,997	2 yrs
19	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI · Public	$15,247	$64,281	2.1 yrs
20	Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN · Public	$15,809	$64,865	2.1 yrs
21	Ball State University Muncie, IN · Public	$15,158	$64,493	2.1 yrs
22	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA · Public	$15,287	$63,997	2.1 yrs
23	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public	$18,372	$67,995	2.2 yrs
24	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT · Public	$16,857	$65,131	2.2 yrs
25	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND · Public	$16,071	$64,865	2.2 yrs
26	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE · Public	$13,574	$58,943	2.3 yrs
27	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public	$14,995	$59,576	2.4 yrs
28	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA · Public	$19,623	$67,101	2.4 yrs
29	Illinois State University Normal, IL · Public	$19,293	$67,101	2.4 yrs
30	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$61,020	2.5 yrs
31	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$21,725	$69,338	2.5 yrs
32	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$14,287	$57,318	2.6 yrs
33	Morgan State University Baltimore, MD · Public	$18,305	$63,005	2.6 yrs
34	John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR · Private	$20,127	$65,517	2.6 yrs
35	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI · Private	$18,854	$63,005	2.7 yrs
36	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS · Public	$18,449	$62,012	2.7 yrs
37	Appalachian State University Boone, NC · Public	$13,769	$55,693	2.7 yrs
38	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA · Public	$11,384	$51,273	2.8 yrs
39	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA · Public	$19,365	$62,409	2.8 yrs
40	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN · Public	$15,588	$55,286	3.1 yrs
41	Clemson University Clemson, SC · Public	$20,797	$61,020	3.2 yrs
42	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$57,619	3.4 yrs
43	Western Illinois University Macomb, IL · Public	$15,794	$52,941	3.5 yrs
44	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public	$18,893	$56,776	3.5 yrs
45	Norwich University Northfield, VT · Private	$21,686	$57,318	3.9 yrs
46	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA · Private	$33,733	$68,821	4 yrs
47	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$33,921	$69,338	4 yrs
48	Roger Williams University Bristol, RI · Private	$33,796	$68,618	4 yrs
49	Everglades University Boca Raton, FL · Private	$32,080	$65,387	4.2 yrs
50	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$23,635	$55,964	4.5 yrs

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.