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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 464 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue Northwest is a public institution located in Hammond, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University Northwest is $11,250 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Full Purdue University Northwest Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $17,630 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of Toledo

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $17,792 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

PFW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for PFW is $10,912 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Full Purdue University Fort Wayne Construction Engineering Technology Report

#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,981 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend Central Michigan.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Central Michigan University

#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students list, Wayne State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State University is $13,965 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Full Wayne State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

#7

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Michigan State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 51 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Michigan State University is $19,173 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Michigan State University

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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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