2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 North Carolina, there were 59 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,600 and $24,535 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

#1

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$17,821 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. Western Carolina University is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 25 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WCU also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WCU are $17,821.

Full WCU Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

ECU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full ECU Construction Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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