2023 Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region

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Construction is the 284th most popular major in the country with 1,435 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,364 and had an average of $9,374 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 176 construction graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in construction. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region construction students.

Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Construction in the Southeast Region

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia

$37,967 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,700 Average Student Debt

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a large public school situated in Annandale, Virginia. It awarded 26 ’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction at Northern Virginia Community College

2

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, Mississippi

$27,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

$11,910 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region list. Perkinston, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Construction Report

3

Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
Helena, Arkansas

$33,405 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Helena, Arkansas, and it awarded 11 ’s construction degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Construction at Phillips County Community College

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

$40,489 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,658 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Construction Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s construction students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Construction at Liberty University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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