2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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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The civil engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#3 in overall quality

$14,446 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 1 bachelors’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Mexico - Main Campus is $14,446 for Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering students with aid.

Read more about Civil Engineering at UNM

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,528 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 1 bachelors’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $29,528 for bachelor’s degree civil engineering students with aid per year to attend USC.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full University of Southern California Civil Engineering Report

#3

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$34,296 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $34,296 for Bachelor’s Degree Civil Engineering students with aid per year to attend Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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.

Credits

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