If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #112 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for construction engineering technology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in construction engineering technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction engineering technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other construction engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt construction engineering technology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for construction engineering technology students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Construction Engineering Technology Schools
The construction engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Construction Engineering Technology in Indiana
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology.
Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Construction Engineering Tech
Purdue University Northwest is a great decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology. Located in the suburb of Hammond, Purdue Northwest is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Construction Engineering Technology bachelor's degree recipients from Purdue University Northwest earn a boost of about $4,665 over the average earnings of construction engineering technology majors.
Purdue University Fort Wayne is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in construction engineering technology. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the construction engineering tech program report average early career earnings of $58,954.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
