2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
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Degrees Awarded
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Construction Engineering Technology is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southwest region, there were 1,460 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,098 and $20,429 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 903 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in construction engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 184 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at University of Houston
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prairie View A & M University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Prairie View A & M University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 288 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Texas A&M College Station Construction Engineering Technology Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 116 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Texas State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 65 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at SHSU
Tarleton State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Tarleton
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Construction Engineering Technology Report
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at ASU - Tempe
University of North Texas 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 Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 UNT
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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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