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

7 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 938 people earned their degree in architectural engineering, making the major the 234th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,977 and had an average of $25,140 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,200 and $22,258 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Austin is $20,454 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UT Austin Architectural Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,978 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OSU.

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 Architectural Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $20,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at University of Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #4 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - Kingsville is $19,635 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $16,473 for southwest region bachelor’s degree architectural engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Architectural Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $26,028 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 9 bachelors’s architectural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $24,730 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Architectural Engineering Report

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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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