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

7 Ranked Colleges
156 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Pennsylvania” 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 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” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. 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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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania State University - University Park landed the #3 spot on the list.

Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728.

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#4

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Bethlehem, 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 6 students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also took the #3 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 Lehigh University are $27,130.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #5 spot on the list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Drexel University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed 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 University are $37,074.

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#7

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Carnegie Mellon University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 72 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 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 Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326.

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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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