2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Bachelor’s in the New England 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 New England region, there were 53 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,100 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The construction engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the New England Region

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

$61,218 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$19,394 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Keene State College is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 1 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Keene State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $19,394 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend Keene State.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Keene State College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology

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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