2023 Most Popular Colleges for Construction Engineering in Georgia

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In 2020-2021, 878 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,870 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 13 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in construction engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Georgia

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia construction engineering students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Construction Engineering in Georgia

1

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia

#15 overall quality in Georgia

$49,284 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,530 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennesaw State University is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at KSU Georgia

2

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

#7 overall quality in Georgia

$41,176 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,218 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Georgia list. GaSou is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Georgia Southern 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.