University of North Florida Construction Engineering Technology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
- Public university
- Jacksonville, FL
- About 57 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of North Florida construction engineering technology graduates earn about what construction engineering technology graduates earn nationally, $75,407 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,364 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,745. One other Florida program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all construction engineering technology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of North Florida graduates earn about the national figure and about the same as the Florida median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida construction engineering technology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 22% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned about the same in their first year as other graduates. They also borrowed less. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $237 a month, or 3.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
90% of graduates (60 of 67) were working in Florida one year after graduating. Prices in the Jacksonville area are about 1% below the national average, so a $75,407 salary here buys what about $75,798 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to construction engineering technology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Construction Managers
$113,130Median pay in Florida. 34,010 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 49,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Cost Estimators
$74,990Median pay in Florida. 13,720 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 17,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
$63,410Median pay in Florida. 4,030 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
About University of North Florida
Construction Engineering Technology ranks 2nd of 36 bachelor's programs at University of North Florida by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($76,508), Construction Engineering Technology ($75,407), and Electrical Engineering ($68,285).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $75,407 one year after graduating and $91,779 five years after. The median across construction engineering technology bachelor's programs in Florida is $73,602.
The median federal loan balance is $22,364, which ranks 4th lowest of 5 construction engineering technology bachelor's programs in Florida. That works out to about $237 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 30% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%.
Most do. 90% (60 of 67) were working in Florida one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the construction engineering technology program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024