2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Mississippi

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 187 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,250 and $22,916 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Mississippi” 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 Mississippi

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

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Mississippi State University

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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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