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

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$9,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 200 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction 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 Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 20 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $7,044 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Engineering at ASU - Tempe

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a public institution located in Lubbock, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Texas Tech

#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $9,200 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Lamar University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,092 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UTEP.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Arlington has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Arlington is $11,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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