2024 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

a master's degree in civil engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 132 master's degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of civil engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on civil engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of civil engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt civil engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for civil engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in Virginia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for civil engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Virginia Schools for a Master's in Civil Eng

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

12 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in civil engineering. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a master’s in civil engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

91 Annual Graduates

$70,394 Median Starting Salary

Virginia Tech is a wonderful option for students interested in a master's degree in civil engineering. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the civil eng program state that they receive average early career income of $70,394.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from Virginia Tech

3

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

29 Annual Graduates

$75,366 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in civil engineering has to check out George Mason University. GMU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Those civil engineering students who get their master's degree from George Mason University earn $2,486 more than the standard civil eng student.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from George Mason University

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	224
Georgia	190	82
North Carolina	178	103
Tennessee	166	59
Alabama	151	63
Kentucky	147	47
Louisiana	147	20
South Carolina	146	60
Mississippi	145	8
Arkansas	121	17
West Virginia	112	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Eng

Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	132

Majors Similar to Civil Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	145
Computer Engineering	141
Electrical Engineering	116
General Engineering	86
Systems Engineering	77
Mechanical Engineering	59
Industrial Engineering	41
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	33
Biomedical Engineering	28
Materials Engineering	18

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.