2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
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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 Southeast region, there were 999 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,270 and $23,634 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 556 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 108 students in 2019-2020.
GaSou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for GaSou is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seminole State College of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Sanford, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students list, Seminole State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seminole State is $8,326 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
WCU also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for WCU is $13,722 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 90 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Florida Construction Engineering Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 79 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
FIU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida International University is $7,296 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of North Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 63 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
UNF also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $9,606 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend University of North Florida.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
Florida A&M University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is $15,060 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Louisiana Tech University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.
Louisiana Tech also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.
Full Louisiana Tech University Construction Engineering Technology Report
University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UA Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UA Little Rock also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #11. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $14,906 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Construction Engineering Technology Report
Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $11,962 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Full Western Kentucky University Construction Engineering Technology Report
Alabama A & M University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Alabama A & M University is a medium-sized school located in Normal, Alabama that handed out 9 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
AAMU also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Alabama A & M University is $14,990 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Alabama A & M University
Florida Institute of Technology ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 10 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Florida Tech also took the #9 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $31,097 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students per year to attend Florida Tech.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Florida Tech
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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%.
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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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