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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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Civil Engineering Technology is the 219th most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $53,936 and had an average of $20,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 538 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,967 and $22,613 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 civil engineering technology 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 analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the civil engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students.

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

#1

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed 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 University is $11,390 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Murray State University

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $16,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Fairmont State is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s 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. It costs about $10,161 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students per year to attend Fairmont State.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Fairmont State

#4

Savannah State University

Savannah, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Savannah State University is a small school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 12 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees 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 estimated yearly cost for Savannah State University is $10,220 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students.

Full Savannah State University Civil Engineering Technology Report

#5

Bluefield State College

Bluefield, West Virginia

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, Bluefield State College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bluefield State College is a public institution located in Bluefield, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bluefield State College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bluefield State College is $8,367 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students.

Read full report on 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.

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