2022 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Surveying Engineering is the 341st most popular major in the country with 69 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, surveying engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 11 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in surveying engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent surveying engineering programs, but they also 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 surveying engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$3,626 Average Net Price

$29,375 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Central New Mexico Community College is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 ’s surveying engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also made our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $3,626 for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full CNM Surveying Engineering Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$9,925 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s surveying engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UH is $9,925 for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Read more about Surveying Engineering at University of Houston

#3

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$16,393 Average Net Price

$38,250 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 ’s surveying engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi also made our “Best Surveying Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $16,393 for southwest region surveying engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Read more about Surveying Engineering at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

• Best Value Colleges for Surveying Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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