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Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$16,903 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 1,166 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #42 most popular major in Florida.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Florida 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $12,737 per year.

UF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population.

USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $10,428 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Florida State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in Florida. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $11,553 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.

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Florida Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Florida Tech are $22,588 a year.

Florida Tech also made our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #4.

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#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami 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. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

U Miami also took the #5 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 446
Virginia 616
North Carolina 448
Tennessee 326
Kentucky 220
South Carolina 310
Louisiana 247
Arkansas 118
Alabama 461
Mississippi 193
West Virginia 112

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

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 7 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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