2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Alaska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Alaska for a Master’s” 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 Alaska, there were 54 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,674 and $45,587 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular civil engineering programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Master’s list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 7 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Alaska Anchorage

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 overall quality in Alaska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Alaska for a Master’s list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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.