2022 Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering in Vermont (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” 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 Vermont, there were 92 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,500 and $30,696 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Civil Engineering in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$18,982 Average Net Price

$38,768 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. UVM is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 42 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Civil Engineering Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Vermont is $18,982 for Vermont Civil Eng students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Vermont

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$24,701 Average Net Price

$50,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Civil Eng Schools in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Norwich University is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 50 ’s civil eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Norwich also made our “Best Civil Engineering Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Norwich University is $24,701 for Vermont Civil Eng students with aid.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Norwich University

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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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