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Overview
Construction engineering technology is a program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers, engineering contractors and other professionals engaged in the construction of buildings and related structures. includes instruction in basic structural engineering principles and construction techniques, building site inspection, site supervision, construction personnel supervision, plan and specification interpretation, supply logistics and procurement, applicable building codes, and report preparation.
Highlights
School with the highest reported median starting salary ($83K) with a Bachelor's Degree: California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Career with the highest median salary ($109K) where most workers have a Bachelor's Degree: Architects
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Careers for program graduates
Construction engineering technology majors work in these careers, which are sized by percentage of majors in the career (at least 1%) and colored by the predominant level of education.
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Current completions
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Completions over time
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Salary and Debt
How are students who recently completed a degree in construction engineering technology doing?
Below is the distribution of starting salaries along with accumulated federal and private education loans across schools that offer a degree in the field construction engineering technologies, which includes
construction engineering technology.
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Context: median salaries
How does the median (middle) salary for construction services majors compare to the median salaries for other college majors?
Distribution: construction services majors' salaries by education level
What is the salary distribution for graduates with a bachelor's inconstruction services by the level of their highest degree (Graduate degrees may not be in the same field as the bachelor’s)
We only include salary data when the survey error is less than 20%, so you may see only partial information for some categories.
Is a bachelor's degree all you need?
Education level of workers with a bachelor's in construction services
Is a bachelor's degree going to be sufficient to make you competative in the job market? We can look at the education level of workers with a bachelors in this degree to see if there is a likely need for a graduate degree. You'll also want to check out the careers section on this page to where they are employed.
This chart shows the level of education of workers with a bachelor's degree in construction services. The worker's graduate degree may have been completed in a different field.
Education level of workers
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Professional Degree
Doctorate
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Context: Graduate degrees in any field by undergraduate ACS degree
About 10% of construction services majors chose to also earn a graduate degree (possibly of a different major). The percentage of construction services majors also earned a graduate degree is near the middle in comparison to other fields.
Context: Percentage salary boost obtained with a graduate degree
How important is a graduate degree for earning a higher salary? We can see the difference in salary of workers with a bachelors in this degree to workers with a bachelor’s AND a graduate degree.
Careers
Top careers for those with a degree in construction services
Following are the most frequent jobs held by people who earned a bachelor's degree in Construction Services (which combines 2 programs), though may not be limited to just those with a bachelor’s.
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Careers for construction services majors
Where do construction services majors work, and how well do those jobs pay? A ** in the job title indicates that the Department of Education recommends this job for this program.
Career
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**Construction Managers
Specialized Managers
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
**Cost Estimators
Civil Engineers
Chief executives and legislators
Construction Laborers
Project Management Specialists
Carpenters
General and Operations Managers
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Not so much?
The top ten careers for workers with a bachelor's in construction services
Take a minute to interact with this sankey diagram. Follow the top ten jobs held by construction services graduates through to their most hired majors. Learn where it may easiest to find work. Expand the careers to explore other majors that might lead to the job that excites you the most. *For many majors, the top ten jobs don't even include half of graduates!*
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What careers hire construction services majors as one of their top 10?
To the left of this diagram, see all careers that hire construction services majors as one of their top 10 majors, and on the right, see what proportion of openings for the jobs on the left are filled by construction services majors.
Where can I complete this degree
Explore schools that offer construction engineering technology degrees and certificates
You can use this table to find schools that offer this program based on location and program level offered. Each entry goes to a school page similar to this one with all our information about that school.
Understanding the columns
The school list includes a few facts about each school that give you an idea of the educational quality each school might offer:
Student-Faculty Ratio: A small number of students per full-time instructor suggests individual attention for each student and an up-to-date curriculum.
Satisfaction Rate: A high percentage of returning first-year students should correlate with satisfaction (schools call this their retention rate).
Repayment Rate: A high repayment rate means most alumni earn enough to make progress repaying loans within 7 years of leaving.
We also show the total enrollment for the school as measured by full-time-equivalent (FTE) students enrolled annually.
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Alabama A & M University
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Bossier Parish Community College
Brazosport College
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
Broward College
CUNY New York City College of Technology
California Baptist University
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
California State University - Chico
California State University - Fresno
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Related Programs
Top 10 similar programs
Following are related programs, ordered by those with the highest number of completions. You can explore a full list by pressing the more details button.
- Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology
- Industrial Technology
- Drafting and Design Technology
- Manufacturing Engineering Technology
- Engineering or Industrial Management
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Engineering Technology
- Chemical Technology/Technician
- Occupational Safety and Health Technology
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Careers for construction services majors
construction services is part of a larger collection of programs: Engineering and Science Technologies. Is there a different program that's close to construction services that might be a better match for your interests? You can use this table to see a little about the programs that fall under this umbrella. If you click on any of the table headers, that will sort the table by that column, or click on a row and see Ididio's profile for that program.
Gender
Gender of recent graduates
Of all people with any degree in construction engineering technology earned in the last academic year, 14% were women.
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Completions over time
Have completions by gender changed over time, or at specific levels of education?
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Women
Men
Context: Gender representation
How does the gender distribution in this major compare to all other majors?
Context: Percentage women
This major has a lower percentage of women than 85% other programs.
Distribution: salaries by gender
Does gender greatly influence your salary with this degree? The closer the bar are, the less discrepancy there is.
Context: Salary inequity
For construction services graduates, men have a 15% higher median salary than women, This is better than many: 66% of programs have graduates with higher salary inequities.
Race/Origin
Race/Origin of recent graduates
Here is an overview of race/origin for all construction engineering technology graduates from this last academic year. We found a higher percentage of international graduates in this program than in 62% of other programs.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
Not Reported
International
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Completions over time
Have completions by race/origin changed over time, or at specific levels of education?
Award level
All levels
International
Not Reported
Multiracial
American Indian
Asian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Black
White
Context: Percentage of Minority Graduates
Minority students comprise a lower percentage of graduates than in 54% of other programs.
