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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Dakota, there were 123 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,932 and $25,300 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,116 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in civil engineering.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate

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

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

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at North Dakota State University

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in North Dakota for a Doctorate list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s civil eng degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 UND

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.