Is a Construction Engineering degree worth it?
Across 7 schools, graduates of Construction Engineering earn a median $102,183 five years out on $25,000 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Civil Engineers (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$102,183
Median debt
$25,000
Years to pay off
2.4
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
50%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.6%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$17,525/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
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Explore Construction Engineering in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.