2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in New Jersey

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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 New Jersey, there were 612 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,871 and $95,555 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in New Jersey

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick General Civil Engineering Report

#2

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$33,744 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

NJIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NJIT are $33,744, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at NJIT

#3

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$56,470 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Princeton University landed the #3 spot on the list. Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Princeton University are $56,470, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Princeton

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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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