2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Civil Engineering is the 928th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 8 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree civil engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 5 doctorate’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Arizona

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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