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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$31,274 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

Civil Engineering is the #59 most popular major in Massachusetts with 238 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best value school in Massachusetts for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in Massachusetts. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $15,210 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great value for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WPI are $29,040 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WPI also is in the top 20% of our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MIT also made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #1.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Dartmouth are $16,965 a year.

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#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tufts are $55,216 a year.

Tufts also made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

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With a ranking of #8, Wentworth Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Boston, WIT is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

WIT graduate students pay an average of $38,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

Merrimack College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of North Andover, Merrimack is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Merrimack are $32,444 per year.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 49
Rhode Island 15
New Hampshire 20
Maine 15
Vermont 30

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.

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