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2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Civil Engineering is the 45th most popular major in the country with 21,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nevada, there were 175 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,450 and $24,797 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,833 and $191,671 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering programs and 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 Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Nevada

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNLV, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k. UNR is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 9 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

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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