2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 285 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 171 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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 a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York

#1 in overall quality

$8,638 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Farmingdale State College landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is located in Farmingdale, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Farmingdale State College is $8,638 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale

#2

New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, New York

#2 in overall quality

$3,667 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. City Tech is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 81 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

City Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $3,667 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend City Tech.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at City Tech

#3

Alfred State College

Alfred, New York

#4 in overall quality

$16,630 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alfred State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Alfred, New York, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Alfred State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Alfred State College is $16,630 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Full Alfred State College Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$23,521 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students list, Temple has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $23,521 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Temple

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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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