2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 94 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The construction engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$23,376 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction engineering degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at UT Arlington

#2

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$81,702 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

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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.

Credits

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

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