2022 Best Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

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In 2019-2020, 116 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 928th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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 Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at SIUC

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Illinois Tech

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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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