2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 21,561 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States. 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 Hawaii, there were 104 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,400 and $16,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering programs and cost less that 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.

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

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 Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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