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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$35,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

Civil Engineering is the #38 most popular major in New Jersey with 670 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

Check out the civil eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering

Our analysis found Rutgers University - New Brunswick to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Jersey. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $20,495 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Civil Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NJIT are $24,546 a year.

Full Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology Report

#3

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Princeton is ranked #1 for overall quality for civil eng in New Jersey.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Stevens Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stevens are $39,556 per year.

Stevens also made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,000
New York 1,102
Maryland 300
District of Columbia 111
Delaware 89

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 4 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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