2024 Best General Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
12
Colleges in the Plains States Region
233
Master's Degrees
If you pursue a master's degree in
general civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #40 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 12 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 233 master's degrees in general civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Civil Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The general civil engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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 for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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 general civil engineering students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of general civil engineering students who choose to seek a master'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.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general civil engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general civil engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Civil Engineering Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.