2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 556 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,200 and $24,077 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 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.

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 Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Washington.

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

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Washington list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Washington. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Washington State University

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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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