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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Idaho” 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 Idaho, there were 163 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,650 and $23,767 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

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

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at U of I

#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. Located in Pocatello, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at ISU

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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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