2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region
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 an Associate in the Plains States Region” 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 Plains States region, there were 286 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,600 and $26,292 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering technology programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.
Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Area Technical Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. LATI is a public institution located in Watertown, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
LATI also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Area Technical Institute is $12,939 for plains states region associate degree construction engineering tech students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. Southeast Technical College is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Southeast Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $14,633 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend Southeast Tech.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State College of Science. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State College of Science is a public institution located in Wahpeton, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree construction engineering tech students list, North Dakota State College of Science has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State College of Science is $10,940 for plains states region associate degree construction engineering tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree construction engineering tech students list, South Dakota State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,252 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend South Dakota State University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Construction Engineering Technology Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 1 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Saint Louis Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $6,796 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend Saint Louis Community 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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