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Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$16,322 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

Civil Engineering is the #66 most popular major in Rhode Island with 15 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Rhode Island ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at URI are $16,322 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, URI is ranked #5 for overall quality for civil eng in Rhode Island.

Full Civil Engineering at University of Rhode Island Report

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
Massachusetts 238
Connecticut 49
New Hampshire 20
Maine 15
Vermont 30

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 values are for the top school 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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