2022 Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Civil Engineering Technology is the 381st most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 35 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering technology/technician 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 civil engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region civil engineering tech students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$6,500 Average Net Price

$45,813 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a small school located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma that handed out 10 ’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU Institute of Technology is $6,500 for Southwest Region Civil Engineering Tech students with aid.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at OSU Institute of Technology

#2

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,848 Average Net Price

$40,287 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s civil engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region civil engineering tech students with aid.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at University of Houston - Downtown

#3

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$19,430 Average Net Price

$37,746 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s civil engineering tech degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TSU is $19,430 for southwest region civil engineering tech students with aid.

Full TSU Civil Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (With Aid)

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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