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

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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 Minnesota, there were 201 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,748 and $25,953 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

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University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota

#10 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Duluth, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UMN Duluth

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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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