Facilities and Property Management
Build your future with an associate degree in facilities and property management from Mercyhurst West. Facilities and property management can best be described as the management of people, places and things. It incorporates diverse fields like engineering, business, management, construction, interior design and technology.
Graduates of Mercyhurst West’s FPM associate degree program have the knowledge needed to obtain designation as a Facility Management Professional by the International Facility Management Association. This is a steppingstone toward the Certified Facility Manager certification, which can be reached through the knowledge gained at West combined with five years of FPM work experience.
West graduates can also transfer their credits to Mercyhurst’s Erie campus to pursue a bachelor’s degree in FPM.
Professionals in this field work in positions ranging from maintenance managers to directors of facilities at any institution or business that has a large physical plant, including:
- Colleges and universities
- Hospitals and health care centers
- Governmental agencies
- Recreational complexes
- Airports
- Large industrial facilities
- Residential facilities