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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region

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

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 Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 802 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 459th most popular in the United States.

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” 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.

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 Southeast Region

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

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

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Little Rock, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,906 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students per year to attend UA Little Rock.

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#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 1 students 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 $15,536 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Georgia Southern University

#3

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #3 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KSU Georgia, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University

#4

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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#5

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full NC State Construction Engineering Report

#6

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Citadel Military College of South Carolina came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. The Citadel 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 Citadel Military College of South Carolina is $18,548 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Citadel Military College of South Carolina

#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

The University of Alabama came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Alabama is $22,597 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.

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

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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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