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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
189 Degrees Awarded
$11,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Engineering Technology is the 197th most popular major in the country with 4,225 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 189 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering technology/technician programs and 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

TSTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State Technical College is $15,654 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Texas State Technical College

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 42 degrees to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $9,755 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Houston Community College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Tarrant County College is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Tarrant County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,152 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Tarrant County College.

Full Tarrant County College Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU-OKC is $11,257 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City Construction Engineering Technology Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $12,672 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full San Jacinto Community College Construction Engineering Technology Report

#6

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

St Philip’s College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, St Philip’s College has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Philip’s College is $9,690 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at St Philip’s College

#7 in overall quality

Wharton County Junior College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Wharton, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Wharton County Junior College is $9,158 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Wharton County Junior College 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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