by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 73 people earned their degree in surveying engineering, making the major the 351st most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Southwest region, there were 9 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in surveying engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in surveying engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region surveying engineering students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. CNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s surveying engineering degrees to qualified students.
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 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%.
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