by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 2,285 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,600 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 28 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general civil engineering.
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The general civil engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. New Mexico Tech is a small public school situated in Socorro, New Mexico. It awarded 9 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology General Civil Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. 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 65 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. LETU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 76 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Texas Tech University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Texas Tech University
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 238 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Texas A&M College Station
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at UT Rio Grande Valley
Prairie View A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 36 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Angelo State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. San Angelo, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Angelo State
Rice University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Rice University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Rice University
With a ranking of #15, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 48 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad 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 85%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #16, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 153 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 100 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 121 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Northern Arizona University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, West Texas A&M University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Canyon, Texas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at West Texas A&M University
University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 35 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Houston did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #22. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 67 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Civil Engineering at University of Houston
With a ranking of #23, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 43 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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 undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Civil Engineering at University of Oklahoma
With a ranking of #24, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 General Civil Engineering at Lamar University
With a ranking of #25, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 15 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 General Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University
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