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

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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 Nebraska, there were 132 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,600 and $17,344 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska list. UNL is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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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