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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

17 Colleges
$70,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, civil engineering was ranked #50 in the country. In fact 21,388 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for civil eng majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the New England Region . Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the New England Region . WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#5

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Haven. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Norwich University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Northfield.

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University of Connecticut came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Connecticut

Wentworth Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree civil engineering programs. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology

#9

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

Merrimack College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Merrimack is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of North Andover.

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#10

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

With a ranking of #10, University of Hartford did quite well on this year’s best schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 720
Connecticut 240
New Hampshire 73
Maine 61
Rhode Island 74
Vermont 80

One of 40 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Civil Eng

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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