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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
949 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southwest region, there were 1,463 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,367 and $21,045 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 949 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 209 degrees to qualified bachelors’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, UH has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH is $18,844 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at University of Houston

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 114 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $17,373 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction 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.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Construction Engineering Technology Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 134 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,683 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas State University.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 44 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,978 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OSU.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UNT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $21,613 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UNT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at UNT

Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 299 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $26,028 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University - College Station

#7

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

SHSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Sam Houston State University is $19,531 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Tarleton State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tarleton also took the #8 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $21,678 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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