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2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students.

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

#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 #1 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 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. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 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.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at OSU

#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. 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.

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. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Kingsville, the school also landed the #7 spot 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 $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students.

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

#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. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students.

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

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 Austin landed the #5 spot on the list. UT 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 also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at UT Austin

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

University of Arizona landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees 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. It costs about $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

Full University of Arizona Architectural Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region 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.

Texas A&M College Station also took 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.

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

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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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