2023 Most Focused Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Civil Engineering is the 908th most popular major in the country with 131 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their civil engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region civil engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southwest Region

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

$46,654 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,917 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 ’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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 more about Civil Engineering at University of Arizona

2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

$45,271 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,843 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 ’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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