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title: Is a Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection degree worth the debt?
cip: 4604
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is a Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **6** colleges (6 of 6 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $64,885 ($67,899 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $20,375 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.31× a first year's pay


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $25,247 | $6,323 | 0.25× | 19 | 19/19 |
| Associate's | $39,400 | $11,433 | 0.27× | 11 | 11/11 |
| Bachelor's | $64,885 | $20,375 | 0.31× | 6 | 6/6 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weber State University (UT) | $75,531 | — |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (MN) | $67,261 | — |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio (TX) | $65,254 | $20,375 |
| Utah Valley University (UT) | $64,516 | $14,454 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology (PA) | $63,059 | $27,000 |
| Tuskegee University (AL) | $61,323 | — |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/building-construction-finishing-management-and-inspection.jsonld` · `/education/fields/building-construction-finishing-management-and-inspection.json`