2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Civil Engineering is the 45th most popular major in the country with 21,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,122 and had an average of $23,807 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 125 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,500 and $26,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The civil eng 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 Eng Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree civil eng students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Montana

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$54,869 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446.

Read more about Civil Engineering at MSU Bozeman

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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