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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology/technician, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,463 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 949 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction 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 construction engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 299 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Texas A&M College Station

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 209 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $12,505 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UH Construction Engineering Technology Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 134 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $14,250 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Texas State Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $14,033 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at ASU - Tempe

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, OSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,698 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 Construction Engineering Technology at OSU

#6 in overall quality

University of North Texas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,377 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UNT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of North Texas Construction Engineering Technology Report

#7

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Sam Houston State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 68 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,832 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Sam Houston State University.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University

#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,542 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Tarleton.

Full Tarleton Construction Engineering Technology Report

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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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