2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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 Doctorate in Iowa” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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

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

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

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

Read more about General Civil Engineering at Iowa State

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Iowa

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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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