2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
9
Ranked Colleges
125
Degrees Awarded
$21,200
Avg Net Price*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Construction Engineering is the 248th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,870 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 125 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,755 and $26,123 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region construction engineering students.
Top 9 Best Value Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction engineering degrees to 48 students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech also made our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $21,301 for Southeast Region Construction Engineering students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Virginia Tech Construction Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Statesboro, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction engineering degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Southern University is $15,571 for Southeast Region Construction Engineering students.
Read full report on Construction Engineering at Georgia Southern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s construction engineering degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,411 for southeast region construction engineering students per year to attend NC State.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Construction Engineering at NC State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 ’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.
UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UA is $20,917 for southeast region construction engineering students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Alabama Construction Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region construction engineering students list, UNC Charlotte has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte is $17,634 for southeast region construction engineering students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Construction Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Kennesaw State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Kennesaw State University is a public institution located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region construction engineering students list, KSU Georgia has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,522 for southeast region construction engineering students per year to attend KSU Georgia.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Construction Engineering at KSU Georgia
With a ranking of #7, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on the 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 6 ’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $16,065 for Southeast Region Construction Engineering students per year to attend UA Little Rock.
Read more about Construction Engineering at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well in the 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The Citadel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Citadel Military College of South Carolina is $18,559 for Southeast Region Construction Engineering students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Construction Engineering at Citadel Military College of South Carolina
University of Miami ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 3 ’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
U Miami also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U Miami is $46,098 for Southeast Region Construction Engineering students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Full U Miami 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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