2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 285 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,400 and $15,282 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 171 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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 Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York

#1 in overall quality

$8,638 Average Net Price

$62,154 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Farmingdale State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Farmingdale, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $8,638 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend Farmingdale State College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Farmingdale State College

#2

New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, New York

#2 in overall quality

$3,667 Average Net Price

$66,821 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York City College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. City Tech is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

City Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $3,667 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend City Tech.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at City Tech

#3

Alfred State College

Alfred, New York

#4 in overall quality

$16,630 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alfred, New York, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Alfred State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Alfred State is $16,630 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Full Alfred State Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$23,521 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,521 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students per year to attend Temple University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Temple

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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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