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2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
62 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Iowa, there were 292 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general civil 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 “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Iowa (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 41 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Iowa also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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