2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 North Carolina” ranking - to help you make that 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 North Carolina, there were 396 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,700 and $25,379 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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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The civil eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina”.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 19 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke University Civil Engineering Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

UNC Charlotte also made our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UNC Charlotte

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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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