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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$12,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 91 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 94%.

Full NC State Construction Engineering Report

#2

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

The Citadel also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend The Citadel is $7,296 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The Citadel Construction Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $11,138 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, 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 93%.

Full Virginia Tech Construction Engineering Report

#4

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Georgia Southern University is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GaSou also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $12,378 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Georgia Southern University Construction Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #5 spot on the list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,936 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UA Little Rock.

Read more about Construction Engineering at UA Little Rock

#6

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Kennesaw State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Kennesaw State University is a large public school situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. It awarded 16 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $13,975 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University

#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

The University of Alabama ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UA is $19,322 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at UA

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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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