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

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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 Rhode Island, there were 87 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,300 and $26,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,680 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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