Education construction costs in the U.S. 2022, by city

In 2022, construction costs for elementary schools in Honolulu were over 662 U.S. dollars per square foot. From the 12 cities on display here, San Francisco, New York, and Honolulu were some of the ones with highest construction costs for educational buildings. The construction of one square foot of elementary school space was cheapest in Las Vegas. University buildings were on average the most expensive type of educational building to construct.

Average construction costs of educational buildings in the United States in 3rd quarter of 2022, by city (in U.S. dollars per square foot)

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Release date

October 2022

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United States

Survey time period

Q3 2022

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The figures provided are averages, calculated from the low and high costs found in the respective market.

Supplementary notes

The figures have been taken from several publications.

The data in the chart below represents estimates of current building costs in each respective market. Costs may vary as a consequence of factors such as site conditions, climatic conditions, standards of specification, market conditions, etc. Values of U.S. locations represent hard construction costs based on U.S. dollars per square foot of gross floor area.

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