Southwest Texas College
- 2401 Garner Field Rd Uvalde, TX 78801-6297
- (830) 278-4401
- Graduation rate: 32.1%
- Programs offered: 19
- Annual completions: 558
- Online programs available
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
Quick answer: No college within 100 miles of Big Spring, Texas awards a construction supervision degree - the nearest campus is about 233 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024). Online programs that enroll Texas students are the realistic route, and they are what the comparison below covers.
| Distance from Big Spring | Colleges awarding this degree |
|---|---|
| Within 25 miles | 0 |
| Within 50 miles | 0 |
| Within 100 miles | 0 |
| Within 250 miles | 1 |
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
No college within 100 miles of Big Spring awards this degree - the nearest campus is roughly 233 miles away. From Big Spring this is an online degree in practice, which is how most working adults take it anyway, and the comparison widget above covers programs that enroll Texas students online.
The subject matter does not change by location: plan reading and quantity takeoff, scheduling, estimating and cost control, construction contracts and documents, and site safety. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from a recognized institutional accreditor, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
This page lists 1 school within 233 miles, closest group first, then ordered by BOC Score with the highest at the top. 1 of them carries a score.
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal about the institution rather than about this subject. Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from this ranking and never change it. Read the full methodology.
Source: ACCSC IPEDS College Scorecard
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Texas earn a median $74,520 per year against $79,920 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The Texas median for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers is $74,520 per year, below the national median of $79,920, on state employment of 90,010 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Big Spring specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Texas page.
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