2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Bachelor'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the New England Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the New England Region . MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
MIT undergraduate students pay an average of $55,878 in tuition and fees each year.
MIT did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIT are $37,650 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Connecticut is a great value for civil engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCONN are $41,192 a year. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $390, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCSU are $24,946 a year. Civil Eng majors at CCSU take out an average of $30,658 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great value for civil engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WPI are $55,531 per year.
WPI also claimed a spot on our Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $36,964 per year.
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Northeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Northeastern undergraduate students pay an average of $57,592 in tuition and fees each year.
Northeastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree civil engineering programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tufts are $63,000 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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Roger Williams University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RWU are $37,355 a year.
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University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at URI are $33,354 per year. The average amount in student loans that civil eng majors at URI take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,726. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $342, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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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 |
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Majors Related to Civil Eng
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 20 schools only.
- 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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