2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Civil Engineering is the 908th most popular major in the country with 131 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 7 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Northeastern University
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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
- *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.
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