2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Far Western US Region
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Civil Engineering is the 908th most popular major in the country with 131 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 70 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 45 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s civil engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, 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 91%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at UC Davis
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 11 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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 93%.
Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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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%.
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- *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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