2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,344 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 219th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 205 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,700 and $16,460 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$13,786 Average Net Price

$54,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Youngstown State University is a public institution located in Youngstown, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Youngstown State University also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $13,786 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at Youngstown State University

#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$15,380 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Indiana State University is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Indiana State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana State is $15,380 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Indiana State Civil Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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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