by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah” ranking.
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 Utah, there were 251 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,570 and $14,859 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree civil eng students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah list. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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