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2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 433rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering programs and cost less that 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 architectural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $15,757 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,698 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend OSU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,399 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,810 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

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%.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT Arlington has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,622 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.

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#7 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, Texas A&M Kingsville has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M Kingsville is $14,464 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,812 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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