2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$38,400
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Civil Engineering is the 908th most popular major in the country with 131 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their civil engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major”.
Top 13 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #1 spot on the list. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil engineering degrees to 45 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 2 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of the District of Columbia Civil Engineering Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. WPI is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 3 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at WPI
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 9 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Notre Dame
With a ranking of #6, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at Illinois Tech
University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major ranking. University of California - Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 7 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at UC Davis
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #8. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 11 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full UW Seattle Civil Engineering Report
With a ranking of #9, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at SIUC
Northeastern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major ranking. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 2 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at Northeastern
With a ranking of #11, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Arizona
Carnegie Mellon University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Civil Engineering Report
University of Delaware ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Delaware
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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