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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$37,320 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,755 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, construction engineering was ranked #208 in the country. In fact 288 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Engineering Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in the Southeast Region for construction engineering students. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte are $20,622 per year.

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $36,579 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GMU also did well on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

The excellent programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

U Miami undergraduate students pay an average of $54,760 in tuition and fees each year.

U Miami excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at University of Miami

Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best construction engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1
Florida 3
North Carolina 16
Louisiana 0
Alabama 0

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

Majors Similar to Construction Engineering

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 3 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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