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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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” 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” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students.

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

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized school located in Kingsville, Texas that handed out 17 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students.

Full Texas A&M University - Kingsville Architectural Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students per year to attend UT Arlington.

Full UT Arlington Architectural Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 34 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering 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.

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#2 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Engineering 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 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M 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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