2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in California (With Aid)

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 Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” 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 California, there were 18 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,900 and $26,340 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 California 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 California For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in California (With Aid)

#1

National University

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$73,737 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

National University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at National University

#2

California Baptist University

Riverside, California

#2 in overall quality

$24,707 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Riverside, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $24,707 for California Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid per year to attend California Baptist University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Read more about Construction Engineering at Cal Baptist

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (With Aid)

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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