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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Kansas” 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 Kansas, there were 177 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,700 and $23,580 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.

Full University of Kansas Civil Engineering Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$77,715 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Kansas list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full K -State Civil Engineering Report

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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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