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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

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

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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid.

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

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of Houston

#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 134 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas State also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid.

Full Texas State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 299 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid.

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

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

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 UNT

#6

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University 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 For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Huntsville, Texas, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

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. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students with aid.

Full Sam Houston State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students with aid list, OSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students with aid per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

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

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at OSU

#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarleton State University is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students with aid.

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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