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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 1,248 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,492 and $26,391 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 320 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 18 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree civil eng students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Haven is located in West Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 78 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 30 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 36 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Merrimack College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. North Andover, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 9 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%.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Tufts University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 21 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Hartford landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Hartford is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 7 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about Civil Engineering at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
With a ranking of #12, University of Maine did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Maine
With a ranking of #13, University of Rhode Island did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #14, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
University of Vermont came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 4 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Vermont
University of Connecticut landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, 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.
Western New England University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #18. This small school is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it awarded 26 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Western New England
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