2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Washington” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 581 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,448 and $22,752 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Washington” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Washington

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Washington

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Washington list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 22 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Washington. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Washington State University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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

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