2025 Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
178Construction Engineering Degrees Awarded
A degree in construction engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #455 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for construction engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 178 degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of construction engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Construction Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of construction engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Construction Engineering
Arizona State University - Tempe is a great choice for students interested in a degree in construction engineering. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in construction engineering has to check out Texas Tech University. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the large city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas at Arlington is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in construction engineering. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #304 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Arlington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 114 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat The University of Texas at El Paso if you want to pursue a degree in construction engineering. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 49th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 4 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available.
Lamar University is a large public university located in the city of Beaumont. This university ranks 78th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 13 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lamar University in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 11 construction engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent year we have data available.
Construction Engineering Related Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of construction engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Construction Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
