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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
115 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Civil Engineering Technology is the 381st most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 538 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil engineering technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Murray State University is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 43 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Murray State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Murray State is $11,390 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at Murray State University

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Carolina at Charlotte Civil Engineering Technology Report

#3

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fairmont State is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 13 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $10,161 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students.

Full Fairmont State Civil Engineering Technology Report

#4

Savannah State University

Savannah, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Savannah State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Savannah State University is $10,220 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Savannah State University

#5

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bluefield State College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Bluefield, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s civil engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bluefield State College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bluefield State College is $8,367 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Bluefield State College

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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.

Credits

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