Quick answer: No college within 100 miles of Fairmont, West Virginia awards a construction management degree - the nearest campus is about 130 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024). Online programs that enroll West Virginia students are the realistic route, and they are what the comparison below covers.
Compare construction management programs you can start from Fairmont:
| Distance from Fairmont | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 0 |
| Within 50 miles | 0 |
| Within 100 miles | 0 |
| Within 250 miles | 15 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
No college within 100 miles of Fairmont awards this degree - the nearest campus is roughly 130 miles away. From Fairmont this is an online degree in practice, which is how most working adults take it anyway, and the comparison widget above covers programs that enroll West Virginia students online.
The subject matter does not change by location: construction methods and materials, estimating, scheduling, project controls, contracts, and construction safety. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 1 school within 130 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 1 of them carries a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Construction Managers in West Virginia earn a median $95,740 per year against $114,990 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The West Virginia median for construction managers is $95,740 per year, below the national median of $114,990, on state employment of 600 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Fairmont specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the West Virginia page.
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