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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Engineering

4 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

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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The surveying 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 Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s”.

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Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Engineering

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ferris State University is a public institution located in Big Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also took the #1 spot in our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris State University is $12,889 for Bachelor’s Degree Surveying Engineering students.

Read full report on Surveying Engineering at Ferris

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s surveying engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina A & T State University is $10,274 for bachelor’s degree surveying engineering students.

Full NC A&T Surveying Engineering Report

#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Florida Atlantic University is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FAU is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Surveying Engineering students.

Read full report on Surveying Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s surveying engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree surveying engineering students list, Michigan Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,463 for bachelor’s degree surveying engineering students per year to attend Michigan Technological University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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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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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