2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering
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 “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 162 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in structural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality structural engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the structural engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree structural engineering students.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. Seattle U is a medium-sized school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 4 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Seattle U, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle University are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. Lehigh is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. California State University - Northridge is a public institution located in Northridge, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CSUN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Northridge are $17,955.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. University of California - San Diego is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 52 masters’s structural engineering degrees to qualified students.
UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UCLA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #6, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 20 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.
New York University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 3 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s structural engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree structural engineering students list, U-M has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 52 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.
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