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Best Value Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,460 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Construction Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Construction Engineering Technology is the #28 most popular major in the country with 4,299 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for construction engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Engineering

Our analysis found San Jacinto Community College to be the best value school for construction engineering technology students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Texas State Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $11,094 per year.

TSTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year.

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Best Construction Engineering Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 92
Texas 1,165
Oklahoma 72
New Mexico 3

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, construction engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Construction Engineering Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

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 Pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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