<p>what is the best college and state for Architectural or Civil Engineering, which state can i find the most jobs for civil or architectural engineering? Does it really matter where I do my undergraduate education? And what are the steps into becoming a Civil or architectural engineer. </p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
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Pick a state with a rapid population growth, and avoid the ones that were most impacted by the bursting of the housing bubble (Florida, Nevada, California, Arizona, etc).</p>
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It matters, but the state of the nation’s economy matters a lot more. Slackers from a no-name state college who were lucky enough to graduate during the real estate boom are usually better off than top students from top colleges who had the misfortune of graduating during a recession like this one.</p>
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Do the following, in order of importance:</p>
<p>1.) Think of something to help the economy get better. A possible suggestion is to research which governor, senator, or other elected official is most likely to stimulate the economy, and then form a group to support that candidate.</p>
<p>2.) Pray to God/Allah/Buddha/Zeus/the Flying Spaghetti Monster that the economy will be better by the time you graduate.</p>
<p>3.) Don’t spend your extra money on beer or movies, use it to buy some lotto tickets instead. Your chances of winning are incredibly slim, but if you somehow overcome the millions-to-one odds and hit the jackpot, you may never have to worry about getting a job.</p>
<p>4.) Be creative. Pick a civil engineering company, and say that you’re doing a project on it. Tell them to describe a typical day, the types of projects they work on, what types of conflicts may come up and how they handle them, etc. Spend as much time as you can with them. Once you’re going to leave, give them your resume and say “You know, this is a great company, I love the attitude of the people around here, and I look forward to being part of your team someday.” It probably won’t work, but it might be worth a try.</p>
<p>Alternate ideas may include the following:</p>
<p>a.) Visiting your school’s career center 2-3 times a day, every day. Ask how things are going, what opportunities are there, whether anything has changed, and so on. Eventually, they may be so eager to get rid of you that you’ll be the first person they recommend if a company magically comes in and asks for some new employees to interview. The odds of this succeeding are a tiny bit better than the lotto ticket option, but I’ve put that option ahead of this one since it requires less work.</p>
<p>b.) Find a company you’re interested in (Company A), and research its competitors (Companies B and C). Meet with a representative of Company A, and tell him/her this: “You know, one of my friends works for Company B, and he was telling me the other day that they fear you because of Reason X (good customer service, for example). I have some experience in dealing with difficult clients, and I can help you build on your strength.”</p>
<p>5.) Everything else. This includes getting into a good college, getting good grades, being an active member of an engineering and/or architecture club, and so on.</p>
<p>University of Texas - Austin</p>
<p>I agree wtih liu02bhs, lol!</p>
<p>NegativeSlope, every time you post something like this, I will post again. I’ve been an architectural engineer for 24 years now and have had a wonderful career, even in a rural state like Maine. If you’re a good engineer and work hard, architectural engineering is a great field. We have diversified so that we do projects in lots of different areas - residential, commercial, industrial, etc. If an engineer designed ONLY houses, he/she might be in trouble, but I don’t know a single person who restricts his/her practice that much.</p>
<p>Strictly regarding new construction industry, the balance of of supply and demmand is shabby in major US cities (even for engineers). I would try metro areas of lesser known areas i.e. not LA,Chicago,Boston, etc…on the other hand luck plays a big hand in such competitive areas too so u never know if ur feeling risky…</p>
<p>Consider Civil over Architectural Eng, Civ E consists of several other disciplines that you wouldn’t even think of that have nothing to do with buildings/bridges…u’ll have more opportunities at ur hand upon graduation plust the strength of a Civ E degree over an Arch E degree.</p>
<p>what about leaving the states for doha or uae or something?? china…people that are developing…</p>
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2010 - 24 = 1986. So you started in 1986, when the unemployment rate was 7%:</p>
<p>[The</a> United States Unemployment Rate](<a href=“http://www.miseryindex.us/urbymonth.asp]The”>http://www.miseryindex.us/urbymonth.asp)</p>
<p>Right now, the unemployment rate is 10%, and the unemployment rate for the construction industry is double that. Sound bad? Maybe not, so let’s pull up a more relevant stat for recent college grads. According to NACE, less than a quarter of all class of 2010 grads have jobs:</p>
<p>[NACE</a> - Knowledge Center - Nearly One-Quarter of Class of 2010 Have Jobs](<a href=“http://www.naceweb.org/Publications/Spotlight_Online/2010/0512/Nearly_One-Quarter_of_Class_of_2010_Have_Jobs.aspx]NACE”>NACE - Page not found)</p>
<p>That’s an unemployment rate of more than 75%! Ouch!</p>
<p>A comment, like usual, those links N-slopes posts include construction workers with no high school degree, as opposed to Engineer grads.</p>
<p>Is there opportunities for civil engineering in Miami or in California? What companies? I appreciate everybodys help. Thanks</p>