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

7 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$65,200 Avg Salary
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural Engineering is the 234th most popular major in the country with 938 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,200 and $22,258 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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

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, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

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. It costs about $15,757 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

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 student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at UT Austin

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 14 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,698 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

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 Architectural Engineering Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 estimated yearly cost for 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%.

Full University of Arizona Architectural Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 1 students 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 University - College Station is $18,810 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, 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 94%.

Full Texas A&M College Station 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 For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #6 spot 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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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. 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.

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 University - Kingsville is $14,464 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,812 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 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Architectural Engineering 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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