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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
187 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,225 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 $30-$48k” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana
#3 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the #1 spot on the list. 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 estimated yearly cost for Purdue Northwest is $8,401 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Wayne State University is $11,554 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#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 $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

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. It costs about $7,686 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend PFW.

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#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,197 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Michigan State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 4 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Michigan University is $12,127 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

University of Toledo did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. University of Toledo is a public institution located in Toledo, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $15,153 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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University of Akron Main Campus came in at #7 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 $30-$48k ranking. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $15,803 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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