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

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Southwest Region” 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 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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.

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

Read more about Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University

#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 #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students 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 The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students.

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#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 #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students per year to attend ASU - Tempe.

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 Arizona State University - Tempe

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at El Paso 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.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students list, UTEP has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering 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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