2022 Best Value Master’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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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The general civil engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee”.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Tennessee

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 29 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$20,498 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tennessee Tech University is a fairly large school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 9 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee Tech University are $20,498, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Tennessee Technological University

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee 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 13 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt

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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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