2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 1,187 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 237th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,421 and had an average of $25,812 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 150 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,273 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular civil engineering technology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The civil engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Jefferson City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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