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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

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 Getting Aid

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

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

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 Getting Aid list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 34 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. It costs about $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at Austin.

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

Full The University of Texas at Austin Architectural Engineering Report

#3 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

OSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

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

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, University of Arizona has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at University of Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees 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. It costs about $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville.

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#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, UT Arlington has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

#2 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#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 Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. 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.

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 yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students with aid.

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%. 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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