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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$32,771 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 326 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #50 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

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#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in Tennessee. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Vanderbilt graduate students pay an average of $52,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt University Report

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
Florida 1,166
Kentucky 220
South Carolina 310
Louisiana 247
Arkansas 118
Alabama 461
Mississippi 193
West Virginia 112

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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