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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,793 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,292 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

Civil Engineering is the #47 most popular major in Kansas with 44 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Schools in Kansas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kansas to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Kansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges.

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$11,166 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in Kansas for civil engineering students. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at KU are $11,166 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, KU is ranked #2 for overall quality for civil eng in Kansas.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Kansas

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$10,420 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in Kansas list. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,420 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

K -State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kansas list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Kansas State University

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 88
Minnesota 49
Iowa 79
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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