2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 874 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 455th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 145 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 $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in construction engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.
Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region
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 #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. The Citadel is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Citadel Military College of South Carolina Construction Engineering Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 65 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 UA Little Rock
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read full report on Construction Engineering at The University of Alabama
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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
Georgia Southern University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Southern University is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Georgia Southern University
Kennesaw State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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