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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
189 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than 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 construction engineering technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSTC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,114 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend TSTC.

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#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston Community College is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 42 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees 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. It costs about $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend Houston Community College.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Houston Community College

#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 #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City is $6,753 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid.

Full OSU-OKC Construction Engineering Technology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid per year to attend Tarrant County College District.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. San Jacinto College is a large school located in Pasadena, Texas that handed out 22 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

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 landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. St Philip’s College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend St Philip’s College is $6,250 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

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#7 in overall quality

Wharton County Junior College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wharton County Junior College is $5,334 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

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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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