2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 108 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general civil engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Catholic University of America

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at GWU

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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