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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Iowa, there were 292 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,500 and $21,392 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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

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

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 3 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa 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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