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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

3 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$11,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Civil Engineering Technology is the 219th most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $53,936 and had an average of $20,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 35 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The civil engineering tech 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 Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a small public school situated in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU Institute of Technology also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $4,299 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend OSU Institute of Technology.

Full OSU Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Technology Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UH Downtown is a fairly large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 11 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UH Downtown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $6,131 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full UH Downtown Civil Engineering Technology Report

#3

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Southern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

TSU also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $24,201 for southwest region bachelor’s degree civil engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Southern University.

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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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