Engineering

Construction Engineering

Prepares you to apply scientific, mathematical, and management principles to the planning, design, and building of facilities and structures. Covers civil engineering, structural principles, site analysis, computer-assisted design, geology, evaluation and testing, materials, contracting, project management, graphic communications, and applicable laws and regulations.

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Where it can lead

Careers this field can lead to

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Growing

Civil Engineers

Median pay: $100,840
Hiring change through 2035: 6.4%
Job openings a year: 22,700

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Cost Estimators

Median pay: $78,740
Hiring change through 2035: −3.1%
Job openings a year: 17,600

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Architectural and Engineering Managers

Median pay: $171,270
Hiring change through 2035: 5.5%
Job openings a year: 14,900

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Engineers, All Other

Median pay: $122,930
Hiring change through 2035: 3.7%
Job openings a year: 8,800

To get hiredBachelor's degree

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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Median pay: $109,270
Hiring change through 2035: 7.8%
Job openings a year: 3,900

To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $68,843 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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0%of related openings involve substantial in-person or active work

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College options

Where to study it

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College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
Kennesaw State University GA	125	—	69%	$15,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA	74	$68,755	57%	$18,000
Oregon State University OR	65	$73,542	79%	$16,000
The University of Texas at Arlington TX	65	—	81%	$13,000
Iowa State University IA	58	$71,580	89%	$15,000
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH	46	$66,036	88%	$22,000
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH	44	$63,158	81%	$22,000
Texas Tech University TX	32	$68,843	71%	$17,000
Purdue University-Main Campus IN	20	—	50%	$9,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	16	$74,873	90%	$17,000
University of Delaware DE	16	—	65%	$13,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC	16	—	40%	$13,000
Lamar University TX	14	—	86%	$9,000
Southern New Hampshire University NH	13	—	96%	$37,000
Texas A & M University-Commerce TX	13	—	93%	$12,000
Marquette University WI	13	—	87%	$27,000
The University of Texas at El Paso TX	12	—	100%	$10,000
University of Utah UT	10	—	87%	$14,000
Georgia Southern University GA	9	—	90%	$15,000
The University of Alabama AL	8	—	76%	$22,000
California Baptist University CA	7	—	74%	$23,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI	6	—	70%	$14,000
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO	4	—	78%	$11,000
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE	4	—	77%	$15,000
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND	3	—	96%	$12,000
New York Institute of Technology NY	1	—	78%	$23,000

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