Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Building Construction Technology Major

Building Construction Technology

Types of Degrees Building Construction Technology Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many building construction technology graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Graduate Certificate 3

What Building Construction Technology Majors Need to Know

In an O*NET survey, building construction technology majors were asked to rate what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important in their occupations. These answers were weighted on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most important.

Knowledge Areas for Building Construction Technology Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

undefined
  • Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
  • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills for Building Construction Technology Majors

A major in building construction technology prepares you for careers in which the following skill-sets are crucial:

undefined
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Abilities for Building Construction Technology Majors

A major in building construction technology will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

undefined
  • Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
  • Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
  • Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

What Can You Do With a Building Construction Technology Major?

Below is a list of occupations associated with building construction technology:

Job Title Job Growth Rate Median Salary
Civil Engineering Technicians 8.9% $52,580

Some careers associated with building construction technology require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to building construction technology have obtained the following education levels.

undefined
Education Level Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma 3.3%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) 21.9%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) 25.3%
Some College Courses 30.6%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree) 10.5%
Bachelor’s Degree 8.7%

Online Building Construction Technology Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 85 0
Certificate (2-4 Years) 15 0
Associate’s Degree 69 0
Bachelor’s Degree 1 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 0 0
Post-Master’s 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to building construction technology.

Major Number of Grads
Building/Property Maintenance 1,814
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager 1,420
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection 587
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector 286
Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 113
Painting/Painter & Wall Coverer 40
Insulator 31
Glazier 19
Drywall Installation/Drywaller 11
Carpet, Floor, & Tile Worker 8
Roofer 1
Metal Building Assembly/Assembler 0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.