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

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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 California, there were 43 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 6 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #0 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at UC Davis

#2

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California

#1 in overall quality

$21,009 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Located in San Luis Obispo, California, this large public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

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

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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