2022 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, 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 $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. 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 in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#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 Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at SIUC

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

• 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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