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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Connecticut

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$41,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Connecticut, there were 241 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,350 and $26,775 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

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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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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