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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,492 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Construction Engineering Technology is the #149 most popular major in the country with 4,330 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for construction engineering tech 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. 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 Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Construction Engineering

Our analysis found Lake Area Technical Institute to be the best value school for construction engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LATI are $6,718 a year.

LATI also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Construction Engineering Technology at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

#2

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

The excellent associate degree programs at Southeast Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction engineering technology schools in the Plains States Region . Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Tech are $7,650 a year.

Southeast Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Construction Engineering Technology at Southeast Technical College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Dakota State College of Science is a great value for construction engineering technology students working on their associate degree. North Dakota State College of Science is a small public school located in the distant town of Wahpeton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Dakota State College of Science are $6,606 a year.

Full Construction Engineering Technology at North Dakota State College of Science Report

The excellent associate degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction engineering technology schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Dakota State are $12,809 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, South Dakota State also is in the top 15% of our Best Construction Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at South Dakota State University

Best Construction Engineering Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 16
Kansas 71
Nebraska 56
North Dakota 56
South Dakota 27

Construction Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

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.

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