2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region
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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 the New England region, there were 1,292 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,741 and $27,494 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 315 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 15 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.
Top 15 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 91 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree civil eng students list, Northeastern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
UHart did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Norwich is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree civil eng students list, Norwich has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Norwich are $20,264, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 13 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
University of New Haven also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
UNH also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Maine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 14 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree civil eng students list, UMaine has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 19 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
UMass Lowell also took the #11 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Rhode Island ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 11 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
URI also took the #8 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree civil eng students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Vermont ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Merrimack College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. North Andover, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
Merrimack also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #12. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack are $31,296, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. North Dartmouth, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Dartmouth, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth are $30,153, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Tufts University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 10 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.
Tufts also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 42 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.
MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. 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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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%.
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- *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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