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 “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s” 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 Utah, there were 251 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,570 and $14,859 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for utah master’s degree civil eng students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 39 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 20 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Utah for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 19 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
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 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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