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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Engineering is the 459th most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 122 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 100 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $14,157 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Construction Engineering at Oregon State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $10,986 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UH Manoa.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Construction Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#3

National University

La Jolla, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

National University also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full National University Construction Engineering Report

#4

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Riverside, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for California Baptist University is $20,277 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full Cal Baptist Construction 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

  • *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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