2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 802 people earned their degree in construction engineering, making the major the 242nd most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction 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 construction engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The construction engineering 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 “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GMU Construction Engineering Report

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at U Miami

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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.

Credits

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

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