2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Civil Engineering is the 928th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 8 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the civil engineering 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 Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree civil engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,446 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering students with aid per year to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

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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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