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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,333 and had an average of $22,033 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 464 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,414 and $23,539 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $6,686 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Michigan State.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Michigan State

#2

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Northwest. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Purdue Northwest also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue Northwest is $6,911 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Purdue Northwest

#3

Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

PFW also took the #7 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend PFW is $7,129 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full PFW Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayne State University is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State is $11,413 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $11,598 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Michigan University.

Full Central Michigan University Construction Engineering Technology Report

#6

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

University of Toledo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Toledo is $14,516 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of Toledo

With a ranking of #7, University of Akron Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 35 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Akron Main Campus is $14,816 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Construction Engineering Technology Report

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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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