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2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

5 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's in Michigan

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Michigan, there were 432 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 107 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. 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 Master’s in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Michigan

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at U-M

#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 14 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Western Michigan University General Civil Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at Michigan Tech

#4

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lawrence Technological University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Located in Southfield, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lawrence Tech are $17,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Lawrence Tech

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215.

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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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