Construction Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #194 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of construction engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 123 bachelor's degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Construction Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of construction engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction engineering students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of construction engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for construction engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for construction engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
The construction engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Construction Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in construction engineering needs to take a look at Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Those construction engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Purdue University - Main Campus earn $4,737 more than the typical construction engineering grad.
It's hard to beat University of Cincinnati - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in construction engineering. UC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cincinnati.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the construction engineering program earn about $71,751 for their early career.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in construction engineering. BGSU is a large public university located in the town of Bowling Green.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the construction engineering program make around $69,146 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of construction engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
