I will be an incoming freshman at Virginia Tech majoring in building construction, I've always been interested in architecture and really grown to look at it as a profession over the past 2 years. I've read all the horror stories of not finding a job or getting paid low (which I guess low pay is 30-55k for an architect).

I did research and found that building construction is just like architecture but focuses more on the business aspect of the profession, such as marketing and things like that. If I go through the whole program and get my degree in building construction could it be used to land a job in a architectural-like environment? It might be a dumb question but will I be able to do creative things as architects usually do, because that's what drew me in to the profession of architecture.

I still don't know the full information or description of building construction, which is why I'd like to know more information about it. I've set my eyes on looking at a profession that will be able to support me and possibly a family in the near future once I get out of college. Building construction would definitely make me a good amount of money, especially enough to support a family and may off those dreadful student loans.

I've done a lot of thinking as well about if I find building construction not so appealing to what I want to do. I've been set on architecture or engineering, with engineering being my favorable profession when I was in high school up until senior year when I started looking more into architecture. If I don't like building construction then I'll transfer into engineering, but I feel like both professions would be the same around the architectural aspect.

Any input, advice, information, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.