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2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$45,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master's in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Indiana, there were 471 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,460 and $23,602 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 68 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #0 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Making $0-$30k list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology are $50,379.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology

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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

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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