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2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
147 Degrees Awarded
$22,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

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In 2019-2020, 337 people earned their degree in structural engineering, making the major the 665th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 147 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in structural engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great structural engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the structural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree structural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s structural engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $15,192 for bachelor’s degree structural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at University of Central Florida

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #2 spot on the list. UCSD is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for UCSD is $20,205 for bachelor’s degree structural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 Structural Engineering at UCSD

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s structural engineering students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern California is $30,858 for bachelor’s degree structural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Structural Engineering at USC

#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 5 bachelors’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $23,352 for Bachelor’s Degree Structural Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend WMU.

Full WMU Structural Engineering Report

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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