by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in surveying engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful surveying engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
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 #1 for the Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s surveying engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Surveying Engineering at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended 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. Central New Mexico Community College 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.
Full Central New Mexico Community College Surveying Engineering Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended 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 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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