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2022 Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States. 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 Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in architectural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering students 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. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at The University of Texas at 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 Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees 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 $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the 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 made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $15,016 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at University of Arizona

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k 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 $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at UT Arlington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Kingsville, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also took the #7 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

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#2 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make more than $110k 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 low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural engineering 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 $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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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