by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,978 and $45,714 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s civil eng degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 27 masters’s civil eng degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s civil eng students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Civil Engineering Report
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