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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #1 spot on the list. 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students per year to attend Texas Tech University.

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

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Arlington, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students per year to attend UT Arlington.

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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 #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $11,706 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students per year to attend Arizona State University - Tempe.

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

Read full report on Construction Engineering at ASU - Tempe

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #5 spot on the list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Construction Engineering Report

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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%.

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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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