2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Doctor'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 Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best value school in the New England Region for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in the New England Region . WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WPI are $29,040 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WPI also is in the top 20% of our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MIT are $58,967 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for civil eng in the New England Region .
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Out of the 11 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.
UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.
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Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Tufts also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 per year.
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University of Rhode Island ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year.
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University of Connecticut ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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University of Maine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.
UMaine graduate students pay an average of $29,490 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Civil Engineering Colleges by State
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| 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 11 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).
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