2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 21,561 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. UCONN 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UCONN

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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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