2022 Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k” 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 District of Columbia, there were 112 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. 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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Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 13 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CUA Civil Engineering Report

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 12 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at GWU

#3

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

$34,224 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Howard also took the #0 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Howard are $34,224, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Howard University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic 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.

Credits

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