2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Texas

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In 2020-2021, 21,388 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 1,718 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,783 and $22,162 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 6 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 for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree civil eng students.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Texas

1

El Paso Community College
El Paso, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, El Paso Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s civil eng degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

Full El Paso Community College Civil Engineering Report

2

McLennan Community College
Waco, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McLennan Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas list. McLennan Community College is a medium-sized school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 associates’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Full McLennan Community College Civil Engineering Report

3

Blinn College
Brenham, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Blinn College landed the #3 spot on the list. Blinn College is a fairly large school located in Brenham, Texas that handed out 1 associates’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Blinn College Civil Engineering Report

4

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 0 associates’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Austin Community College District

4

Collin County Community College District
McKinney, Texas

#22 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a public institution located in McKinney, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Collin County Community College District

4

Palo Alto College
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palo Alto College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Texas. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

Full Palo Alto College Civil 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

• *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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