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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 802 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,567 and had an average of $26,426 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 200 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,900 and $25,486 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $13,326 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Texas Tech University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $8,921 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

#3

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. 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.

Lamar University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $10,631 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Lamar University Construction Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UTEP also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at El Paso is $7,427 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Construction Engineering Report

#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 #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $12,974 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Construction Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

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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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