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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Missouri, there were 359 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,380 and $27,167 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$30,943 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 21 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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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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