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re: What kind of money can you expect with a LSU Construction Management Degree?
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:20 pm to GoblinGoodies
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:20 pm to GoblinGoodies
They can’t turn off the easy credit in this country soon enough. More leveraged strip malls 3/4 empty. Awesome.
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:27 pm to kingbob
Had a fraternity brother who got that degree over 30 years ago. He ended up working on I49 and I20 in Shreveport for about 7 years. He pretty much did nothing but work during that time. Cost him a marriage and his sobriety, but he made a lot of money for the time.
Got sober....kept in the business and started to run projects....ran through another marriage but was pulling in close to a million a year.
You can make a lot of money if you put in the time.
Got sober....kept in the business and started to run projects....ran through another marriage but was pulling in close to a million a year.
You can make a lot of money if you put in the time.
This post was edited on 7/16/22 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:42 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Accountants are a lot more expensive than laborers
Right. That's why there's not that many accountants and lots of laborers at a construction company.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:45 pm to GoblinGoodies
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What kind of money can you expect with a LSU Construction Management Degree?
tree fiddy an hour
Posted on 7/16/22 at 1:45 pm to GoblinGoodies
Straight out of college, salary varies but between $50-75k but if you get in with a good project, you can double it with per diem
Posted on 7/16/22 at 3:40 pm to GoblinGoodies
With that degree you will be able to do anything from working for a smaller local contractor and make 80k a year or as a VP of a larger company making $2-500K. All depends on the path you choose and the people you know. As far as industrial construction or working for the plants, they really would prefer an engineering degree, specifically on the owner side. With a CM degree you can go work for Turner, Greenberry, Triad, MMR, Performance or or someone like that and start as an estimator and fight every soul around to make it to the top, but that's a long journey and their hierarchy is already built for the most part. If you want to go work for a Big EPC like Bechtel, Fluor, KBR, etc than they'll want engineering as well, even for low level office jobs.
When you make it out of school and into the workforce you will quickly realize how many knuckleheads have engineering degrees and you will really wonder why you undersold yourself to a CM Degree.
If you have the brain to do the math in economics, than just transfer over to Engineering.
When you make it out of school and into the workforce you will quickly realize how many knuckleheads have engineering degrees and you will really wonder why you undersold yourself to a CM Degree.
If you have the brain to do the math in economics, than just transfer over to Engineering.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:01 pm to GoblinGoodies
ULM CM degree > LSU CM degree
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:37 pm to GoblinGoodies
I'm a CM grad and I could be making a lot more if I wanted to. I make decent money and am very comfortable where I'm at. Its been good to me.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:43 pm to GoblinGoodies
I'd say 50-70 starting out depending on the company/market/situation. Also i strongly agree, i watch those with engineering degrees outpace me in every possible way... i went back for an MBA and unfortunately it has yet to help me.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 4:44 pm to GoblinGoodies
Depends what you do and who you work for. CM degree can range in first job from $40k to $70k. Of course there will always be outliers in salary. In industrial if you don’t mind living away from home all the time there’s always money to be made.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 5:26 pm to Areddishfish
Graduated 3 years ago making $62000. Now I’m making close to 90. Just have to be prepared to work lots of hours
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:07 pm to GoblinGoodies
The sky is the limit....I see a lot of 50-70 an hour jobs and some rare 80 an hour+ jobs. Just a reminder 100k + per diem, truck etc is not 150k...its still 100k....you will not get those extras forever so don't count them.....however this is the OT so you'll probably multiply them by 3
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:12 pm to PetroBabich
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350
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Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:16 pm to GoblinGoodies
That's the degree for people who couldn't pass intermediate accounting
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:20 pm to Kayakndan74
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Bring it up to Huntsville, Alabama. They're on a construction binge,
This is a fact
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:31 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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getting a degree industry focused is limiting because you may decide at 30 you hate it but you're kind of screwed. I think the same way about petroleum engineering, all your eggs in one basket.
It's essentially a project management degree which is useful in just about any industry. It's definitely not petroleum engineering. My company has had several employees hired away by Amazon, Google, Tesla, Boeing, Lockheed, Apple, and even hospitals over the past few years.
As far as how much youll make, it's really up to you and how much of your life youre willing to sacrifice for money. You'll start around $65-70k in industrial and if you put in the OT and are willing to move a lot the sky is the limit. I went to work for a large EPC in the defense and space sector and worked lots of OT all over the country for 5 years. It was a great experience and I saved a lot but now I've decided to slow down. I picked a nice location to settle down in and work a standard 40. I have the option to work remote when I want to. It's not near the money I made before but I'm still making 6 figures.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 6:54 pm to GoblinGoodies
Having field experience is very valuable coming out if you get a CM degree.
I'm 5 years out from LSU and my base is 120k + car allowance + 15% bonus.
Houston is where the money's at, be prepared to move.
Also, be ready to work some hours if you want to make waves. My normal work week is 60 hours. Some weeks push into the 80s.
There is a HUGE shortage of people willing to work in the field with a degree.
I'm 5 years out from LSU and my base is 120k + car allowance + 15% bonus.
Houston is where the money's at, be prepared to move.
Also, be ready to work some hours if you want to make waves. My normal work week is 60 hours. Some weeks push into the 80s.
There is a HUGE shortage of people willing to work in the field with a degree.
Posted on 7/16/22 at 7:12 pm to GoblinGoodies
Lots of old threads on this subject. Try the search function.
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