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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$18,024 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 166 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #46 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia

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 Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $16,522 per year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

Full Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great value for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $20,906 per year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

GMU graduate students pay an average of $16,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at George Mason University

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 288
Georgia 108
North Carolina 143
Tennessee 73
Kentucky 58
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

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 3 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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