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Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$21,794 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,739 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor's 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which bachelor's 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.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Construction Engineering

Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for construction engineering technology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Plains States Region . North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

North Dakota State University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Pitt State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Pittsburg.

Pitt State undergraduate students pay an average of $19,088 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNL are $26,720 per year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $222.

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

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Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at K -State are $26,491 a year. The average amount in student loans that construction engineering tech majors at K -State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,536. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $310.

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Best Construction Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best construction engineering technology schools 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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