2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 999 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,270 and $23,634 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,343 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at University of Florida

#2

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$17,821 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$76,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Western Carolina University is a fairly large public school situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It awarded 25 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree construction engineering tech students list, WCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Carolina University are $17,821, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University

#3

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#4 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Construction Engineering Technology Report

#4

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$75,832 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #4 spot on the list. FIU is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 28 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Florida International University Construction Engineering Technology Report

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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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