2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 60 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,700 and $20,785 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k list. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 3 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a public institution located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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