2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Oregon

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 358 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,900 and $26,420 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,401 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. Oregon State is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Oregon State University

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,281 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Portland 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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