Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Construction Engineering Technology & Technician degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $66,060 two years after finishing, more than 89% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 70 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

A

The verdict on the money

Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country.

Median earnings $66,060 2 years after finishing · per graduate
Typical range $58,673–$68,422 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$26,540 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 2,830 70 programmes

Where a Construction Engineering Technology & Technician degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 California State University-Long Beach cost & debt at this university → $83,666 $81,175 $89,338 53
2 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona $75,286 $77,329 $89,517 42
3 California State University-Northridge cost & debt at this university → $79,863 $75,204 $92,559 23
4 Northern Michigan University cost & debt at this university → $64,628 $72,796 $79,136 —
5 San Diego State University cost & debt at this university → $79,248 $72,231 not published 16
6 University of Florida cost & debt at this university → $71,213 $71,644 $87,364 96
7 Colorado State University-Fort Collins $69,069 $71,015 $79,435 165
8 Texas A&M University-College Station cost & debt at this university → $68,699 $69,757 $81,236 311
9 University of North Texas cost & debt at this university → $64,487 $69,338 not published 35
10 California State University-Fresno cost & debt at this university → $66,380 $69,338 $83,440 51
11 Michigan State University cost & debt at this university → $65,740 $68,422 $77,704 39
12 Texas State University cost & debt at this university → $66,059 $67,660 $75,055 110

What this figure does and does not tell you

Two medians are worth separating. $66,060 is what the typical graduate earns — each programme counted in proportion to how many students it graduates. $63,855 is what the typical programme reports, counting a class of twenty the same as a class of two thousand. The weighted figure is higher here, which means the larger programmes in this field are the better-paying ones.

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median bachelor's major in this dataset reports $36,497, so Construction Engineering Technology & Technician sits above the middle by $29,563.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

Majors that pay more at this level Closest first — useful if you are still choosing.

Construction Management — $64,851 Mechanical Engineering — $64,990 Aerospace Engineering — $65,029 Materials Engineering — $65,114 Architectural Engineering — $65,557 Computer Science — $66,073

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Construction Engineering Technology & Technician: the questions people ask

How much do Construction Engineering Technology & Technician graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $66,060 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 39 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $64,628.
Is a Construction Engineering Technology & Technician degree worth it?
Yes, on the money — this is one of the best-paying majors at this level in the country. The median graduate earns $26,540 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Construction Engineering Technology & Technician?
Half of US programmes report medians between $58,673 and $68,422. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Construction Engineering Technology & Technician each year?
About 2,830 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 70 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.
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Classified by the Department of Education as Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (CIP 1510). Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.