2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,330 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 147th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,452 and had an average of $22,347 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,027 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,849 and $23,258 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 557 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Normal, Alabama, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Alabama A & M University Construction Engineering Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 41 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Louisiana Tech University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 66 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of North Florida
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at UA Little Rock
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region. WCU is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 37 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University
Georgia Southern University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school awarded 66 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia Southern University Construction Engineering Technology Report
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Clemson University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full Clemson Construction Engineering Technology Report
Seminole State College of Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Seminole State is a fairly large school located in Sanford, Florida that handed out 47 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Seminole State College of Florida
Norfolk State University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full Norfolk State University Construction Engineering Technology Report
University of Florida came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at UF
With a ranking of #12, Florida Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Tech is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Florida Institute of Technology
With a ranking of #13, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 72 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Florida International University
Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. WKU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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