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2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
67 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of California - Davis

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 36 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also took the #5 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

#10 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #4 spot on the list. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 1 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage

#9 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 spot on the 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 took the #9 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

University of Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Arizona

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Illinois Institute of Technology is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our master’s degree civil engineering students with aid list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech Civil Engineering Report

#8

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Northeastern University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree civil engineering students with aid list, Northeastern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8 in overall quality

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 8 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach are $19,736, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

#10

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at WPI

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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