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Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$35,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Civil Engineering is the #38 most popular major in New Jersey with 670 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Rutgers University - New Brunswick the best value school in New Jersey for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Jersey Institute of Technology is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NJIT graduate students pay an average of $24,546 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Princeton University is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Princeton are $58,790 per year.

Princeton not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Stevens Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stevens are $39,556 per year.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,000
New York 1,102
Maryland 300
District of Columbia 111
Delaware 89

Civil Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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