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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
949 Degrees Awarded
$15,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 1,463 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 949 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 209 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend University of Houston.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Houston Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 68 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Full SHSU Construction Engineering Technology Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 134 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Full Texas State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Tarleton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Full Tarleton State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 28 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at UNT

#5 in overall quality

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#4 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 114 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Arizona State University - Tempe

#1 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 299 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Texas A&M College Station

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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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