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2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s

10 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 116 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 928th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s

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

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #1 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 36 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Report

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northeastern Civil Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach are $19,736, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Civil Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #5 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 6 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Davis Civil Engineering Report

#6

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree civil engineering students list, WPI has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040.

Read more about Civil Engineering at WPI

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Illinois Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Illinois Tech

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

University of Arizona landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s ranking. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Arizona

#9 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s ranking. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 1 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#10

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska
#10 in overall quality

University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #10. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UAA also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UAA

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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