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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 34 47% 41% / 59% 3% $65,836 67 100% —
2 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 415 52% 90% / 10% 0% $106,756 98 98% —
3 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 130 30% 86% / 14% 0% $104,663 98 100% —
4 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 89 20% 73% / 27% 0% $112,419 99 100% —
5 Brigham Young
Provo, UT
Provo, UT 98 69% 87% / 13% 2% $95,105 98 98% —
6 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 181 43% 86% / 14% 3% $97,292 96 100% —

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 74 42% 81% / 19% 0% $90,747 91 — —
2 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 167 55% 87% / 13% 2% $97,984 96 97% —
3 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 138 82% 82% / 18% 0% $99,134 97 99% —
4 Oklahoma State
Stillwater, OK
Stillwater, OK 36 68% 89% / 11% 0% $115,132 99 100% —
5 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA — 55% — — — — — —
6 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 156 88% 84% / 16% 1% $104,141 98 100% —
7 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln, NE 103 80% 95% / 5% 2% $100,200 97 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 52 83% 81% / 19% 4% $103,771 96 100% —
3 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 260 71% 91% / 9% 2% $103,626 98 98% —
4 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 59 42% 73% / 27% 10% $101,753 97 92% —
5 Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Boston, MA 119 91% 90% / 10% 3% $96,522 95 100% —
6 East Carolina
Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC — 72% — — — — — —