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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$27,025 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,858 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Engineering

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for construction engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction engineering schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large 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

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a great value for construction engineering students. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $25,243 per year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 77
Arizona 3
New Mexico 9

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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 4 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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