Building Inpection
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Building Inpection degree recipients are Boston, MA, Pasadena, CA, and Orange, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Building Inpection is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Building Inpection and the types of students that study this field. North Bennet Street School awards the most degrees in Building Inpection in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Building Inpection, followed by North Hennepin Community College.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Building Inpection programs are Public, 2-year institutions (37 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (205 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Building Inpection, is Public, 2-year (205 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Building Inpection programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
North Bennet Street School has the most Building Inpection degree recipients, with 21 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Building Inpection.
Out of all institutions that offer Building Inpection programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, North Bennet Street School has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Building Inpection, with 21.4%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Building Inpection by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Building Inpection.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Construction graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Construction majors is $103,551 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
The industry that employs the most Construction majors is Construction, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Construction majors is $103,551 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Construction majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction managers, Other managers, and Cost estimators.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Construction majors working as Construction managers, Cost estimators, and Civil engineers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Construction majors are Chief executives & legislators, Personal financial advisors, and Medical & health services managers.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.81%, from 114,634 in 2020 to 120,146 in 2021.
The largest single share of Construction graduates go on to work as Construction managers (28.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Construction by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction, Architectural, engineering & related services, and Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers.
The highest paying industries of Construction majors, by average wage, are Lumber & other construction materials merchant wholesalers, Software publishing, and Offices of physicians.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.81%, from 114,634 in 2020 to 120,146 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Construction graduates by share is Construction, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Construction.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Construction in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Construction is 40.3.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Construction degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Construction (120 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Construction. The most common ages of employees with this major are 34 and 31 years old, which represent 3.68% and 3.67% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Building Inpection are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Construction are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Building Inpection.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Building Inpection for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Building Inpection.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Ireland that hold Construction degrees (13.5 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (1,015 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Building Inpection field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Building Inpection majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Building Inpection majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Coordination, Operations Analysis, Learning Strategies, Mathematics, Speaking, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Active Listening, Instructing, Systems Analysis, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Technology Design, Writing, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Programming, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Building Inpection majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Selection is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Quality Control Analysis, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Writing, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Instructing, Mathematics, Systems Analysis, Service Orientation, Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Operations Analysis, Troubleshooting, Science, Equipment Selection, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Technology Design, Programming, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.
