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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,156 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 74 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #74 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that civil eng majors at URI take out is $25,149. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $342, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

RWU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,355 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, civil eng majors at RWU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

RWU also took the #5 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 720
Connecticut 240
New Hampshire 73
Maine 61
Vermont 80

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 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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