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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

4 Ranked Colleges
213 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction Engineering Technology is the 197th most popular major in the country with 4,225 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 286 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 213 construction engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that 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 construction engineering technology/technician program at the school. 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 Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school handed out 54 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,508 for plains states region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Construction Engineering Technology Report

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Pittsburg, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,973 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pittsburg State University.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Pitt State

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. K -State is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $15,089 for plains states region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Kansas State University

#4

Missouri Western State University

Saint Joseph, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Western State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Missouri Western State University is a small public school situated in Saint Joseph, Missouri. It awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri Western, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,096 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri Western.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Missouri Western

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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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