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2023 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools

6 Ranked Colleges
73 Degrees Awarded
$13,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Surveying Engineering is the 351st most popular major in the country with 73 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, surveying engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $56,146 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.

This year’s “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in surveying engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent surveying 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 surveying engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering

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Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools list. Ferris State University is a public institution located in Big Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Ferris is $12,213 for surveying engineering students.

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Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s surveying engineering students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our surveying engineering students list, FAU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,735 for surveying engineering students per year to attend Florida Atlantic University.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified ’s surveying engineering students in 2020-2021.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” list. It costs about $17,203 for surveying engineering students per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Read more about Surveying Engineering at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

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North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #4 spot on the list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 4 ’s surveying engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC A&T, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,563 for surveying engineering students.

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #5 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s surveying engineering degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

UMaine also made our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,033 for surveying engineering students per year to attend University of Maine.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Read more about Surveying Engineering at UMaine

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Michigan Technological University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools list. Michigan Technological University is a medium-sized school located in Houghton, Michigan that handed out 2 ’s surveying engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Michigan Technological University is $15,384 for surveying engineering students.

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

Read more about Surveying Engineering at Michigan Tech

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