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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$17,902 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 490 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #33 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Texas 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.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 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, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #4 for overall quality for civil eng in Texas.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH graduate students pay an average of $9,727 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Houston

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas Tech are $9,518 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $7,166 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTSA are $9,479 a year.

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#8

Rice University

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #8, Rice University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rice are $49,941 per year.

Rice also made our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #1.

Full Civil Engineering at Rice University Report

Southern Methodist University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU are $35,802 a year.

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

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 88
Oklahoma 47
New Mexico 33

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 9 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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