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2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
423 Degrees Awarded
$26,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor's in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New Jersey, there were 616 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,160 and $25,594 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 423 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,288 and $24,807 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in New Jersey

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Princeton, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Princeton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The estimated yearly cost for Princeton is $16,989 for new jersey bachelor’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Princeton Civil Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 169 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new jersey bachelor’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k list, NJIT has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology is $25,132 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full NJIT Civil Engineering Report

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $26,914 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Teaneck, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

FDU also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend FDU is $21,457 for new jersey bachelor’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at FDU

#5

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $34,801 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Stevens Institute of Technology.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

#6

The College of New Jersey

Ewing, New Jersey

The College of New Jersey came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Ewing, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new jersey bachelor’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k list, TCNJ has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The College of New Jersey is $31,462 for new jersey bachelor’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at TCNJ

#7

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

With a ranking of #7, Rowan University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Jersey For Those Making $75-$110k list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 79 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rowan, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rowan is $29,673 for New Jersey Bachelor’s Degree Civil Eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Rowan

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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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