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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 20,913 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 241 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 13 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at University of Hartford

#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610.

Full University of New Haven General Civil Engineering Report

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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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