2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 19 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, construction engineering is the #280 most popular major in California.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree 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.
Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Construction Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named National University the best value school in California for construction engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
National University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Construction Engineering majors at National University take out an average of $32,330 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, National University also did well on our Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California Baptist University is a great value for construction engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal Baptist are $37,018 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Construction Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 80 |
| Nevada | 0 |
| Hawaii | 6 |
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Majors Related to Construction Engineering
Construction Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Construction Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 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.