Industry Internships
Get hands-on experience through industry internships as part of program curriculum
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Construction Engineering and Construction Management at CU Denver
Earn an in-demand construction degree in the heart of downtown Denver
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Interdisciplinary programs include courses in architecture, business, engineering, and more.
Hands-On Advisory Board
Industry professionals from local and national partners provide key insight into our curriculum
Average Starting Salary: $61,600
Construction management and today's workforce
The U.S. News Best Jobs rankings rated construction manager the #1 best job in construction and the #43 of 100 best jobs overall.
Colorado has the second highest concentration of construction manager/engineer jobs in the United States, with 8,650 construction managers employed earning an annual mean wage of $97,170 ($100,850 in the Denver area).
Employment of construction managers/engineers is projected to grow 11 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupations.
The construction engineering and construction management programs are designed to enable engineers, construction managers, architects, business majors and others to thrive within a wide variety of construction career paths.
The construction management bachelor’s degree requires 120 credit hours of coursework
- 24 credit hours of CU Denver core curriculum coursework
- 12 credit hours of math and science coursework
- 34 credit hours of construction engineering and management coursework
- 11 credit hours of engineering coursework
- 12 credit hours of architecture coursework
- 15 credit hours of business coursework (3 tracks available)
- 11 credit hours of technical electives
- 1 credit hour industry internship
See the degree map for more information and a sample plan of study.
The construction engineering and management bachelor’s degree requires 128 credit hours of coursework
- 24 credit hours of CU Denver core curriculum coursework
- 30 credit hours of math and science coursework
- 35 credit hours of construction engineering and management coursework
- 11 credit hours of engineering coursework
- 6 credit hours of architecture coursework
- 3 credit hours of business coursework
- 15 credit hours of engineering science and design coursework (choose a track)
- 3 credit hours of technical electives
- 1 credit hour industry internship
See the degree map for more information and a sample plan of study.
“Right out of school I was hired to work at one of the largest general contractors in Colorado as an integrated construction coordinator. I add value to projects by implementing BIM and VDC processes throughout the design and construction phases. It’s very exciting to visualize construction projects before they are built.”
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Construction Engineering and Management Masters program