2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Maryland (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 Master’s in Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 281 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,050 and $25,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Maryland For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Civil Engineering Report

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$81,333 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Eng Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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