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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 396 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,700 and $25,379 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 North Carolina” 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 North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree civil eng students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$78,074 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. North Carolina State University is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 66 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNC Charlotte Civil Engineering Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Duke 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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