2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

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 Master’s in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 112 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at GWU

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 13 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CUA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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