2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Arizona

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Arizona, there were 329 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,492 and $23,111 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,286 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in civil engineering.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Arizona

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#2 overall quality in Arizona

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe Civil Engineering Report

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#3 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Arizona for a Doctorate. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’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.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Arizona

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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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