2022 Best Value Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,225 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,333 and had an average of $22,033 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kentucky, there were 39 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,600 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction engineering technology 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in Kentucky

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$15,209 Average Net Price

$37,438 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools in Kentucky For Those Making $48-$75k list. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 39 ’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Schools in Kentucky” ranking. It costs about $15,209 for Kentucky Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend WKU.

Full WKU Construction Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Colleges for Construction 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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