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

5 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$37,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Massachusetts, there were 712 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,283 and $26,951 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

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

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 7 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #4 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UMass Amherst

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 4 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #5 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Civil Engineering Report

#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s civil eng degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Northeastern University

#4

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#4

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Tufts

#5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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