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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$37,918 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 288 people earned a degree or certificate in construction engineering, making the major the #208 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for construction engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the United States

Check out the construction engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Construction Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for construction engineering students. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Dakota State University are $14,876 per year.

North Dakota State University also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at Lawrence Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction engineering schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for construction engineering students. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNL undergraduate students pay an average of $26,720 in tuition and fees each year.

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Engineering Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for construction engineering students. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.

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$16,530 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 18 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the # 5 spot on the list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SD Mines are $16,530 per year.

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$29,438 Average Tuition & Fees

Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Schools list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

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$20,622 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for construction engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNC Charlotte are $20,622 a year.

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$29,299 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for construction engineering students. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

UT Arlington undergraduate students pay an average of $29,299 in tuition and fees each year.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Mexico - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools ranking. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.

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Construction Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Construction Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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