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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
189 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest 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 “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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

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

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

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. The yearly cost to attend Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Pasadena, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto Community College is $8,692 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OSU-OKC is $6,753 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,272 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#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 #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Tarrant County College District is a large public school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 16 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarrant County College also took 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 per year to attend Tarrant County College.

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#6

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

St Philip’s College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. St Philip’s College is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

St Philip’s College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for southwest region associate degree construction engineering tech students.

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#7 in overall quality

Wharton County Junior College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Wharton, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees 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 estimated yearly cost for Wharton County Junior College is $5,334 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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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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