2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Construction Engineering is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,567 and had an average of $26,426 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 91 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,800 and $22,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering 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 program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. George Mason University is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Construction Engineering at GMU

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 1 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #0 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220.

Read more about Construction Engineering at University of Miami

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

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