2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

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 Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Engineering Technology is the 410th most popular major in the country with 1,477 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 138 computer engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 120 computer engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer engineering technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston - Downtown

Houston, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$13,592 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s computer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, UH Downtown has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Downtown is $13,592 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of Houston - Downtown Computer Engineering Technology Report

#2

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,531 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s computer engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, SHSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $19,531 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full SHSU Computer Engineering Technology Report

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$18,844 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer engineering tech degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $18,844 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Computer Engineering Technology at University of Houston

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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