Is a Construction Management degree worth it?
Across 40 schools, graduates of Construction Management earn a median $92,924 five years out on $22,500 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Project Management Specialists (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$92,924
Median debt
$22,500
Years to pay off
2.4
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
55%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+5.6%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$16,846/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$31,108
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Construction Management in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.