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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas

6 Ranked Colleges
184 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 1,222 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,120 and $21,852 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 184 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 46 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for Texas Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our texas associate degree construction engineering tech students list, San Jacinto College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $8,692 for Texas Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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#3

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for texas associate degree construction engineering tech students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Houston Community College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Tarrant County College District is a public institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarrant County College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarrant County College District is $5,434 for texas associate degree construction engineering tech students.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Philip’s College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for Texas Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

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#6 in overall quality

Wharton County Junior College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Texas ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Wharton, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $5,334 for texas associate degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend Wharton County Junior College.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Wharton County Junior College

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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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