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The Hard Hat Caste

Construction

The Owners of the Site Trailer

The undisputed kings of construction management — where Turner, Skanska, and Hensel Phelps fight for grads before the cap and gown come off.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Auburn
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL 38 47% 53% / 47% 21% $61,443 59 100% —
2 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 369 52% 89% / 11% 1% $101,224 97 98% —
3 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 126 30% 81% / 19% 0% $115,964 99 100% —
4 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 85 23% 85% / 15% 0% $112,831 99 100% —
5 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 71 35% 93% / 7% 0% $93,016 98 97% —
6 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 160 43% 85% / 15% 1% $93,412 95 100% —

Permit-Ready

Strong programs feeding the project engineer, estimator, and assistant superintendent pipelines at every major contractor in the country.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Clemson
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 72 42% 92% / 8% 0% $89,479 91 — —
2 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 163 55% 82% / 18% 5% $96,974 96 98% —
3 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 142 82% 87% / 13% 1% $100,451 97 99% —
4 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK 32 68% 94% / 6% 0% $104,699 98 100% —
5 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA — 55% — — — — — —
6 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 140 88% 84% / 16% 1% $105,722 98 100% —
7 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE 90 80% 93% / 7% 2% $90,832 94 98% —

Subs and Specs

Solid regional programs keeping your hometown's strip malls, school bonds, and DOT projects roughly on schedule and only mildly over budget.

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA — 85% — — — — — —
2 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 31 83% 84% / 16% 0% $103,264 96 100% —
3 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 229 71% 87% / 13% 0% $96,044 96 98% —
4 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 42 42% 86% / 14% 5% $111,996 99 92% —
5 Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 111 72% 87% / 13% 3% $103,212 97 100% —
6 East Carolina
Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC — 72% — — — — — —