2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota

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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 North Dakota, there were 123 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,932 and $25,300 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,116 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota”.

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

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in North Dakota list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 47 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of North Dakota

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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

• *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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