by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 21,388 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. 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 Florida, there were 1,168 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,941 and $22,948 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 224 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
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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 Florida” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree civil eng students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 6 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Civil Engineering Report
University of North Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #6. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at University of North Florida
Florida Atlantic University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #9, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #10, Florida State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida list. Florida State University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at Florida State University
University of Miami did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #11. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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