2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in District of Columbia (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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 District of Columbia, there were 112 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree civil eng students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 2 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at CUA

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid list. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read more about Civil Engineering at George Washington University

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering (With Aid)

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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