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2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

8 Ranked Colleges
205 Degrees Awarded
$35,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Massachusetts, there were 712 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,283 and $26,951 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 205 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 8 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 Massachusetts

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UMass Amherst

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UMass Lowell

#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 91 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our massachusetts master’s degree civil eng students list, Northeastern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558.

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#4

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Worcester, 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.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WPI Civil Engineering Report

#5

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

UMass Dartmouth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth are $30,153, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UMass Dartmouth

#6

Merrimack College

North Andover, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Merrimack College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Merrimack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Merrimack College are $31,296, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Merrimack Civil Engineering Report

#7

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

Tufts University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts ranking. Tufts University is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 10 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Tufts

#8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts ranking. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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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