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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
126 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Great Lakes region, there were 172 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 126 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 29 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue University - Main Campus is $5,879 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UC is $18,106 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Construction Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BGSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is $15,533 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full BGSU Construction Engineering Report

#4

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

Marquette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Marquette is $20,955 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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 Construction Engineering at Marquette University

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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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