Construction Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #187 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of construction engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 master's degrees in construction engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on construction engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other construction engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt construction engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for construction engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Construction Engineering Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Construction Engineering in New York
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for construction engineering students seeking a a master's degree.
Top New York Schools for a Master's in Construction Engineering
New York University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in construction engineering. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.
Students who graduate with their master's from the construction engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $109,775.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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