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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the New England Region

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879 Degrees Awarded
$61,609 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor's

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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 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 879 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 22 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful civil engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree civil eng students.

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Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Northeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.

Full Northeastern Civil Engineering Report

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Out of the 22 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 103 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

Full University of Connecticut Civil Engineering Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 97 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UMass Lowell

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 Massachusetts Amherst

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Wentworth Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 64 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at WIT

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’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 86%.

Full UNH Civil Engineering Report

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University of Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’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 more about Civil Engineering at University of Maine

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full URI Civil Engineering Report

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Polytechnic Institute ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s civil eng degrees to 39 students 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 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Worcester Polytechnic Institute Civil Engineering Report

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

University of Vermont came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UVM

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Civil Engineering Report

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Western New England University
Springfield, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #12, Western New England University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Western New England is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 26 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Full Western New England University Civil Engineering Report

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University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut

University of Hartford landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 21 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UHart

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Merrimack College
North Andover, Massachusetts

Merrimack College ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Merrimack College is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Full Merrimack College Civil Engineering Report

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United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, Connecticut

United States Coast Guard Academy ranked #14 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. United States Coast Guard Academy is located in New London, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Civil Engineering at United States Coast Guard Academy

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University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

University of New Haven came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of New Haven is located in West Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’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%.

Full University of New Haven Civil Engineering Report

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Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

Central Connecticut State University ranked #17 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Central Connecticut State University

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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

Tufts University ranked #18 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students 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. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Tufts Civil Engineering Report

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Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

Quinnipiac University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

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 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Quinnipiac

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Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

Norwich University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Norwich University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 13 bachelors’s civil eng degrees 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%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Norwich

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Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University ranked #21 on this year’s Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Bristol, Rhode Island, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at RWU

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 10 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Civil Engineering at MIT

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