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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at NC State

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid list, UA Little Rock has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA Little Rock is $14,906 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

Read more about Construction Engineering at UA Little Rock

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid per year to attend Virginia Tech.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Virginia Tech Construction Engineering Report

#4

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 #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. The Citadel is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Citadel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Citadel is $18,548 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina

#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. GaSou is a large school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 1 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GaSou also took the #7 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GaSou is $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

Full Georgia Southern University Construction Engineering Report

#6

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Kennesaw State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. KSU Georgia is a large school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 16 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for KSU Georgia is $17,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University

#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

The University of Alabama did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

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 $22,597 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

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

Full UA 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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