2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Tennessee

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Tennessee, there were 342 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general civil engineering programs and cost less that 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 Doctorate in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree general civil engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 14 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Knoxville General Civil Engineering Report

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Vanderbilt General Civil Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering

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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