2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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 General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 20,913 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across Maryland, there were 281 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general civil engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general civil 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 General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 28 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at UMCP

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering (With Aid)

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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