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Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$28,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Civil Engineering is the #50 most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Civil Engineering

Our analysis found Missouri University of Science and Technology to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 322
Minnesota 201
Kansas 150
Iowa 264
Nebraska 130
North Dakota 123
South Dakota 110

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.

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