2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,344 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology/technician, making the major the 381st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 35 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region civil engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$8,415 Average Net Price

$45,813 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Okmulgee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s civil engineering tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,415 for southwest region civil engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology.

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#2

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$8,675 Average Net Price

$40,287 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Houston, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified ’s civil engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,675 for Southwest Region Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Houston - Downtown.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at UH Downtown

#3

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$24,201 Average Net Price

$37,746 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Southern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 ’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $24,201 for Southwest Region Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend TSU.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at Texas Southern University

• Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sean Mack.

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