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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Engineering is the 459th most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 200 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Construction 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 construction engineering students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Construction Engineering Report

#2

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school situated in Beaumont, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lamar University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lamar University is $12,311 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Lamar University

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech Construction Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UTEP also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTEP is $8,920 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

Full UTEP Construction Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid per year to attend UT Arlington.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at UT Arlington

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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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