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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$28,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, civil engineering was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 6,042 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the civil eng graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Civil Engineering

Our analysis found Missouri University of Science and Technology to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Civil Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Iowa State University

Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 88
Minnesota 49
Iowa 79
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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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