2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Tennessee

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 342 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee doctor’s degree general civil engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt University

#2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 14 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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