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

8 Ranked Colleges
949 Degrees Awarded
$15,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 1,463 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,367 and $21,045 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 949 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 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.

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 a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 209 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at University of Houston

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State University is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

Full Texas State University Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Tarleton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton State University is $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at UNT

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for Southwest 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%.

Full OSU Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Arizona State University - Tempe

With a ranking of #8, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 299 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station

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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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