by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 20,655 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $63,350 and had an average of $22,686 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 252 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,904 and $20,704 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,541 and $125,234 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree civil eng students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s civil eng students in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 24 doctorate’s civil eng degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #3 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s civil eng degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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