2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in Texas

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 “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 878 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 455th most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 196 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in construction engineering.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in Texas

1

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas

#13 overall quality in Texas

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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Construction Engineering Report

2

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

#9 overall quality in Texas

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 Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Full Texas Tech Construction Engineering Report

3

Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Lamar University is a public institution located in Beaumont, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Lamar University

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Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Texas A&M University - Commerce

5

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Construction Engineering Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #5 spot on the list. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at UTEP

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering

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

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.