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2022 Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
949 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 1,463 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,367 and $21,045 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 949 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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 Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 209 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $12,838 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UH Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 114 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

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. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Arizona State University - Tempe

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 299 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State University is $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Texas State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Construction Engineering Technology Report

University of North Texas landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 28 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

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 full report on Construction Engineering Technology at UNT

#7

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend SHSU.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University

#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Tarleton State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Vallue Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Tarleton is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Tarleton State University 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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