Bachelor's Civil Engineering Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Bachelor's Civil Engineering Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Civil Engineering programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 222 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$8,12510%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 2University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$9,05357%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 mi 3Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$9,37068%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 4The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas$11,00094%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 5Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$12,7509%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 6New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico$13,38289%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 7California State University-FullertonFullerton, California$13,54891%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 8University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska$13,750——$11k$49k38%4,207236 mi 9University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$14,39211%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 10University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$14,87439%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 11University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington$14,87483%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 12University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$14,90317%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 13California State University-FresnoFresno, California$15,26795%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 14Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$16,00031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 15University of California-DavisDavis, California$16,10142%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 16The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas$16,293100%962$9k$51k50%21,005361 mi 17University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$16,40027%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 18California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$16,43746%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 19California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$16,50075%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 20Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah$17,22592%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 21Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$17,25049%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 22CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$17,50060%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 23University of HoustonHouston, Texas$18,00074%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 24University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona$18,50086%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 25California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$18,73293%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 26University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$18,75016%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 27California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$18,76791%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 28San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$18,87396%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 29University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$19,05442%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 30California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$19,12494%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 31SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York$19,14681%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 32University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$19,4449%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 33Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida$19,48063%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 34Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$19,50057%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 35Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$19,50050%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 36University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$19,70029%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 37Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois$19,78187%1055$13k$53k62%8,494288 mi 38San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$19,83236%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 39Oregon Institute of TechnologyKlamath Falls, Oregon$19,83395%1150$16k$72k54%2,892126 mi 40University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$20,10011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 41University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$20,12124%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 42Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas$20,24183%1054$15k$50k44%5,643295 mi 43California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$20,42431%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 44University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$20,50078%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 45University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico$20,50095%1038$15k$45k55%17,244460 mi 46University of ToledoToledo, Ohio$20,50092%1235$17k$51k57%9,7709 mi 47The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$20,54280%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 48The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$20,74781%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 49University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama$20,79969%1319$19k$62k64%6,591285 mi 50Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee$20,87076%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 51The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$21,03027%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 52Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana$21,03182%1183$22k$53k57%14,451548 mi 53Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi$21,21978%1219$18k$52k67%18,397193 mi 54Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$21,25055%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 55University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida$21,37440%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 56University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$21,43745%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 57The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee$21,45042%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 58University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho$21,50076%1116$15k$55k57%7,747254 mi 59Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont$21,50074%1190$22k$66k60%2,42898 mi 60California State University-ChicoChico, California$21,58393%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 61University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio$21,70160%1081$14k$47k52%9,05232 mi 62University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana$21,75074%1052$12k$48k38%4,6381 mi 63New York UniversityNew York, New York$21,9059%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 64Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky$22,10094%971$11k$44k56%12,155324 mi 65University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota$22,10380%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 66Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois$22,27598%1100$15k$56k57%8,750240 mi 67University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii$22,37587%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 68University of VermontBurlington, Vermont$22,37565%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 69Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$22,45087%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 70Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana$22,48673%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi 71The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas$22,67094%1114$13k$57k54%7,440177 mi 72University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$22,76396%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 73University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York$22,91374%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 74Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia$22,95714%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 75University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$23,00043%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 76Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey$23,00078%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 77Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida$23,00058%1225$36k$43k64%3,4042 mi 78Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$23,19924%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 79University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$23,25045%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 80Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma$23,25075%1150$17k$57k68%21,773456 mi 81University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada$23,25074%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 82University of PortlandPortland, Oregon$23,25089%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 83Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama$23,37546%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi 84University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina$23,50080%1231$15k$57k69%24,453153 mi 85University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, Wisconsin$23,52289%1190$16k$62k56%5,837132 mi 86Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$23,54561%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 87Saint Martin's UniversityLacey, Washington$23,61690%1093$28k$62k52%1,1584 mi 88University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida$23,62253%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 89University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky$23,62593%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi 90Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$23,75090%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 91University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$23,80777%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 92George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$23,81287%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 93University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$23,82552%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 94University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$23,82583%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 95University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$23,82588%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 96University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut$23,82587%1060$11k$74k53%73319 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.