Project Management Schools In Massachusetts
Massachusetts has is only one accredited project management school where project management faculty who teach project management classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in project management in the state of Massachusetts, which encompasses project management training at the following levels:
- Project Management Certificate
- Masters degree in Project Management
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Massachusetts Vs. National Project Management Employment
| Massachusetts | 59,840 |
| National | 2,266,370 |
Of all of the project management professionals in the country, nearly 3% are in the state of Massachusetts.
Employment Growth for Project management professionals In Massachusetts
| 61,530 | 59,400 | 61,800 | 62,000 | 59,840 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Massachusetts, project management is a shrinking field. 1,690 less project management professionals were working in Massachusetts in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of project management has shrunk by 3% in Massachusetts. This is slower than the trend for project management professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of project management professionals has shrunk by 3% between 2006 and 2010.
Project Management VS. All Professions salaries in Massachusetts
| $82,743 | $86,339 | $88,489 | $90,402 | $90,992 |
| $49,058 | $52,712 | $53,675 | $55,178 | $56,645 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Project Management
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of project management professionals is declining, the salaries paid to project management professionals are increasing in Massachusetts. Project management professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $82,743 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $90,992 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Project management professionals in Massachusetts
10th percentile |
$51,806 |
25th percentile |
$65,394 |
50th percentile |
$84,396 |
75th percentile |
$108,002 |
90th percentile |
$131,608 |
This represents a 9% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In Massachusetts state, within the field of project management, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid project management professionals earn 87% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.
Average Salaries for Project management professionals and related professions in Massachusetts
Business Administration |
$102,900 |
Business Management |
$119,986 |
Project Management |
$90,992 |
Small Business |
$119,110 |
Project management professionals in Massachusetts earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Project Management programs available for each degree type for all schools in Massachusetts
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
0 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 2 |
The number of students graduating from the only accredited project management school in Massachusetts is decreasing. In Massachusetts, there were 464 graduates in 2006. And there were 31 graduates from project management courses in 2010.
There was a decrease in the number of project management school degree or certificate graduates in Massachusetts by 93%. Most of these graduates, or 50%, earned a master's degree in project management.