2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Vermont

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in Vermont” 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 Vermont, there were 92 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,500 and $30,696 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 Vermont

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

$49,840 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school handed out 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree civil eng students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UVM

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$24,701 Average Net Price

$54,322 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont list. Northfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Norwich also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Norwich is $24,701 for vermont bachelor’s degree civil eng students.

Full Norwich University Civil Engineering Report

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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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