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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Civil Engineering is the #32 most popular major in Iowa with 79 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for civil eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Iowa

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 88
Minnesota 49
Kansas 44
Nebraska 30
North Dakota 9
South Dakota 32

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

Majors Similar to Civil Eng

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 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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