Civil Engineering vs. Construction Management

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@ken285

My company participates in the ACE program. That’s really how I learned about it… wish I had the opportunity when I was in school!

Thanks for recommending the ACE program I look that the ACE Mentorship website. It looks like it is for undergraduate students. It might not be for someone with experience like me. I am part of ASCE though. But I will be a student once I attend graduate school next year.

@ken285

I’m not sure that $5k per year is a fair comparison. Construction management majors tend to make more money in general. The statistic isn’t comparing construction management majors vs civil engineering majors who go into construction management. It includes structural, transportation, geotech, etc.

Most definitely for sure construction managers make more money than engineers. I know two construction managers and they are making over the six figure mark but they have like 15 years of experience.

@ken285

Many of the things you would learn in a construction management curriculum can be picked up on the job.

That’s true

@ken285

While you won’t be sizing steel beams, the background information you have will help you understand the engineers you work with better, and thus become a better construction manager.

You learn calculus in college but you never use on the job.

@ken285

You’ll find that many professionals actually do not have degrees in construction management.

Yep, one construction manager I work with both of his degree was in Business and one had just an associates degree from trade school.