2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #0 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Fairbanks are $24,287, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Civil Engineering Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k. University of Alaska Anchorage is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.

UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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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