by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 878 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 455th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 226 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their construction engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree construction engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 76 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 9 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Construction Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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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