2022 Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

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 Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Surveying Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 69 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, surveying engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 11 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in surveying engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality surveying engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$7,646 Average Net Price

$29,375 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 ’s surveying engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $7,646 for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full CNM Surveying Engineering Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,844 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified ’s surveying engineering students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $18,844 for Southwest Region Surveying Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Surveying Engineering at UH

#3

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,418 Average Net Price

$38,250 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s surveying engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is $19,418 for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Surveying Engineering at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

• Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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