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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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 $30-$48k

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 30 students 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 yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $13,326 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas Tech Construction Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 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. It costs about $8,921 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

#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 $30-$48k. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed 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 $10,631 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Lamar University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,427 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Construction Engineering at UTEP

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $12,974 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington 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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