2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,424 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,725 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 26 colleges that offered a degree in general civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at West Texas A&M University, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students list, UH has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Texas Tech University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
Tarleton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,979 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Tarleton State University.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students list, OSU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend OSU.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 64 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lamar University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.
Lamar University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend Lamar University.
The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 88 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
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The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Tyler, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Tyler, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Tyler is $10,974 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
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Northern Arizona University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.
NAU also took the #19 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil 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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The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 85 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.
UTEP also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #15. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
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With a ranking of #13, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 105 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students list, UT Arlington has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 206 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M Kingsville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $13,778 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
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With a ranking of #16, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Tech is a small school located in Socorro, New Mexico that handed out 12 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students list, New Mexico Tech has also earned the #23 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New Mexico Tech is $14,595 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology General Civil Engineering Report
Prairie View A & M University landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at PVAMU, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,582 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students per year to attend PVAMU.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
NMSU Main Campus also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #24. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #19 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 45 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UNM also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #25. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
Texas Southern University landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students per year to attend TSU.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Austin is $18,023 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #22 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 252 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M College Station General Civil Engineering Report
LeTourneau University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. LETU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
LETU also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #17. The yearly cost to attend LeTourneau University is $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
With a ranking of #24, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona also took the #12 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Civil Engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Rice University landed the #25 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Rice also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Rice University is $16,999 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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