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2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master's in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Alabama, there were 480 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,175 and $25,025 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree civil eng students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Alabama

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Civil Engineering Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956.

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#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 23 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 2 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also made our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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

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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