2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 19,994 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 91 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general civil engineering.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree general civil engineering students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia. Catholic University of America is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full CUA General Civil Engineering Report

2

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 masters’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 9 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at George Washington University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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