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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering in the Southwest Region (With 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. 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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Southwest region, there were 200 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,900 and $25,486 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.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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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)

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. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 20 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#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 located in Beaumont, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees to qualified students.

Lamar University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,311 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid per year to attend Lamar University.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. 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.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree construction engineering students with aid per year to attend Texas Tech.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5 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 El Paso landed the #4 spot on the list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,920 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid per year to attend UTEP.

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#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 public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Construction Engineering students with aid.

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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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