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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 607 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,633 and $21,288 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 160 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,298 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 105 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Report

#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Virginia

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,168 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at GMU

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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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