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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 5-Year Earn
1 Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL 38 47% 53% / 47% 21% — —
2 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 369 47% 89% / 11% 1% $104,355 —
3 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 126 30% 81% / 19% 0% — —
4 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 85 23% 85% / 15% 0% $103,550 —
5 Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 71 35% 93% / 7% 0% $97,912 —
6 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 160 50% 85% / 15% 1% $101,535 —

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 5-Year Earn
1 Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 72 42% 92% / 8% 0% — —
2 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 163 42% 82% / 18% 5% $96,014 —
3 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 142 82% 87% / 13% 1% $99,456 —
4 Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK 32 55% 94% / 6% 0% $118,976 —
5 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
University Park, PA — 55% — — — —
6 Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 140 88% 84% / 16% 1% — —
7 University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE 90 80% 93% / 7% 2% $101,834 —

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 5-Year Earn
1 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Ames, IA — 85% — — — —
2 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 31 65% 84% / 16% 0% $109,855 —
3 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 229 72% 87% / 13% 0% $109,141 —
4 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 42 44% 86% / 14% 5% $102,749 —
5 Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 111 72% 87% / 13% 3% $101,375 —
6 East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC — 72% — — — —