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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$33,881 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Civil Engineering is the #43 most popular major in the country with 6,042 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.

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#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Marquette 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 . Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Marquette graduate students pay an average of $21,960 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Michigan Technological University is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Western Michigan University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree civil engineering programs. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 155
Illinois 370
Ohio 175
Indiana 148
Wisconsin 67

Civil Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 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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