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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Engineering is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 91 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,800 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $19,541 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $23,808 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

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#3

Citadel Military College of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

The Citadel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $23,368 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Citadel Military College of South Carolina Construction Engineering Report

#4

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $18,255 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5 in overall quality

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 #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UA Little Rock is $15,024 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Construction Engineering at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#6

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

Kennesaw State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Kennesaw State University is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kennesaw State University is $19,570 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

The University of Alabama came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $24,108 for southeast region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UA.

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

Read more about Construction Engineering at UA

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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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