2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School for You
Civil Engineering is the #50 most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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.
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.
Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Youngstown State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,931 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Akron Main Campus is a great value for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.
UDayton graduate students pay an average of $18,140 in tuition and fees each year.
UDayton also claimed a spot on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lawrence Technological University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 a year.
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Bradley University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree civil engineering programs. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Peoria.
Bradley graduate students pay an average of $17,400 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 a year.
Marquette excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Michigan Technological University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.
Michigan Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Request InformationBest Civil Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 443 |
| Ohio | 746 |
| Illinois | 816 |
| Indiana | 487 |
| Wisconsin | 410 |
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Civil Engineering Related Majors for Civil Eng
Civil Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 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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