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2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
156 Degrees Awarded
$31,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 625 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 156 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 72 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Pitt also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Villanova also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Villanova University are $20,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

Widener University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Widener also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Widener are $24,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Drexel University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel are $37,074.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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