2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 358 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,900 and $26,420 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon doctor’s degree civil eng students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 25 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Full Oregon State Civil Engineering Report

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784.

Full Portland State 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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