2020 Most Affordable Online Master's in Civil Engineering Programs
This list highlights 25 schools, all of which offer affordable online master's in civil engineering programs. Kennesaw State University, ranked #1, offers an online Master of Science in Civil Engineering for only $5,745 per year. Available concentrations include Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transportation and Pavement Engineering. Second-ranked University of Virginia is a similarly affordable option, with an annual tuition of only $8,115.
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| Rank | School | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw State University | $5,745 | |
| University of Virginia | $8,115 | |
| Mississippi State University | $8,313 | |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | $8,583 | |
| Old Dominion University | $8,925 | |
| University of Idaho | $9,330 | |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | $9,640 | |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $10,139 | |
| University of Central Florida | $10,422 | |
| Iowa State University | $10,425 | |
| The University of Tennessee - Knoxville | $10,710 | |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | $11,456 | |
| University of Louisville | $11,460 | |
| University of North Dakota | $11,460 | |
| Kansas State University | $11,473 | |
| University of Houston | $16,664 | |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | $16,704 | |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | $18,000 | |
| Michigan Technological University | $18,180 | |
| Norwich University | $19,392 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign | $19,512 | |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | $19,605 | |
| North Carolina State University | $20,185 | |
| Southern Methodist University | $20,250 | |
| Stanford University | $20,280 |
- Annual Tuition: $5,745
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,146
- Example Classes: Advanced Bituminous and Concrete Materials; Advanced Hydraulics; Finite Element Analysis; Prestressed Concrete Design; Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability in Civil Engineering; Soil Improvement
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering (Thesis Option)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering (Thesis Option)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- Annual Tuition: $8,115
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,862
- Example Classes: Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design; Advanced Topics in Structural Engineering; Green Engineering and Sustainability; Infrastructure Management; Introduction to Geographic Information Systems; Management Large-Scale Construction Projects
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $8,313
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,484
- Example Classes: Advanced Reinforced Concrete; Analysis and Mitigation of Conflicts, Claims and Disputes; Engineering Hydrology; Geometric Design of Highways; Open Channel Hydraulics; Stream Reconnaissance
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Construction Materials Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Structural Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Transportation Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Water Resources Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $8,583
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,062
- Example Classes: Advanced Foundation Design; Advanced Structural Mechanics and Analysis; Dynamics of Structures; Prestressed Concrete Analysis and Design; Repair and Retrofit of Structures; Theory and Design of Plates and Shells
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Transportation Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $8,925
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,804
- Example Classes: Bridge Structures Design; Finite Element Analysis; Inelastic Structures; Retrofitting Methods for Bridges and Buildings; Seismic Design of Steel Structures; Structural Dynamics
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Coastal Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $9,330
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NWCCU
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,273
- Example Classes: Engineering Surveying; Geotechnical Engineering Design; Matrix Structural Analysis; Properties of Construction Materials; Theory of Structures; Traffic Systems Design
Online Master's Degrees
- M.Engr. in Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- M.Engr. in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- M.Engr. in Civil Engineering - Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- M.Engr. in Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics (Non-Thesis Option)
- M.Engr. in Civil Engineering (Non-Thesis Option)
- Annual Tuition: $9,640
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,516
- Example Classes: Computer Aided Water Management and Control; Drainage and Wetland Engineering; Nonpoint Source Pollution; Physical Hydrology; Residuals Management; Wells and Pumps
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Engineering - Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $10,139
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 8,087
- Example Classes: Advanced Construction and Engineering Economics; Advanced Mechanics Structural Engineers; Bridge Engineering; Building Information Modeling for Structural Engineers; Construction Liability and Contracts; Green Building and Sustainable Structures
Online Master's Degrees
- MEng in Engineering - Structural Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $10,422
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 9,654
- Example Classes: Boundary Element Methods in Civil Engineering; Design and Monitoring of Construction Processes; Foundation Engineering; Masonry and Timber Design; Nonlinear Structural Analysis; Structural Reliability
Online Master's Degrees
- Civil Engineering - Smart Cities, MS
- Civil Engineering - Structural, MS
- Civil Engineering - Transportation, MS
- Civil Engineering - Water Resources, MS
- Civil Engineering, MSCE
- Annual Tuition: $10,425
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,371
- Example Classes: Civil Engineering Design; Engineering Statics; Environmental Biotechnology; Project Management for Civil Engineers; Structural Analysis I; Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering and Management
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $10,710
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,079
- Example Classes: Air Transportation; Masonry Design; Mix Design for Asphaltic and Portland-Cement Concrete; Open Channel Hydraulics; Planning and Transportation; Traffic Crash Reconstruction and Analysis
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Public Works Engineering (General Focus)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Public Works Engineering (Technical Focus)
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Transportation Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $11,456
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 6,171
- Example Classes: Advanced Steel Design; Computer Aided Structural Design; Construction Estimating and Equipment; Construction Planning and Scheduling; Principles of Pavement Design; Project Development, Contracts, and Law
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $11,460
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,789
- Example Classes: Building Information Modeling; Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems; GIS Applications to Transportation; GPS Theory and Application; Traffic Engineering; Wetland Design
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $11,460
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 3,328
- Example Classes: Applied Hydraulics; Environmental Engineering III; Hazardous Waste Management; Mechanics of Materials II; Structural Stability; Surface Hydrology
Online Master's Degrees
- Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Environmental
- Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Soils-Structures
- Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Water Resources
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering
- Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering - Environmental
- Annual Tuition: $11,473
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 4,352
- Example Classes: Advanced Civil Engineering Design Using GIS; Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity; Pavement Design; Responsibility in Engineering: Codes & Professionalism; Statics and Dynamics; Structural Engineering in Steel
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Environmental
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Structural
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Transportation
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Water Resources
- Annual Tuition: $16,664
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 7,976
- Example Classes: Advanced Foundation Design; Bridge Design; Constitutive Modeling of Materials; High Performance Materials; Matrix Analysis of Structures; Structural Reliability
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $16,704
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 14,350
- Example Classes: Engineering Ethics and Professionalism; Financial and Managerial Accounting for Engineers; Leadership and Team Effectiveness; Project Management for Engineers; Technology Strategy and Innovation Management; The Business-Government Relationship
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Global Engineering Leadership - Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $18,000
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,758
- Example Classes: Advanced Steel Structures Design; Applied Mechanics In Structural Engineering; Bituminous Materials; Green Engineering: Analysis of Constructed Facilities; Low-Rise Building Analysis and Design; Smart Materials and Sensors
Online Master's Degrees
- MS in Civil Engineering
- MS in Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering
- MS in Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering
- MS in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- MS in Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering
- MS in Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $18,180
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 1,375
- Example Classes: Concrete and Masonry Building Systems; Finite Element Analysis; Loads for Civil Structures; Matrix Structural Analysis; Prestressed Concrete Design; Structural Timber Design
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $19,392
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: NECHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 804
- Example Classes: Business Management Fundamentals; Classical, Matrix, and Dynamic Analysis of Structures; Computational Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering; Engineering Mathematics; Hydraulics for Environmental Engineers; Quantitative Methods and Financial Analysis for Managers
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Civil Engineering
- Master of Civil Engineering - Construction Management
- Master of Civil Engineering - Environmental/Water Resources Engineering
- Master of Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- Master of Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $19,512
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: HLC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 15,787
- Example Classes: Air Quality Engineering; Construction Case Studies; Construction Law; Construction Optimization; Construction Planning; Dams, Embankments and Slopes
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Transportation Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Construction Management
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Infrastructure
- Annual Tuition: $19,605
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: MSCHE
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 2,891
- Example Classes: Construction Cost Estimating; Legal Aspects in Construction Management; Legal Aspects in Environmental Engineering; Management Science; Project Control; Stability of Structures
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Construction Management
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Structural Design and Construction
- Master of Science in Civil Engineering - Transportation
- Master of Science in Transportation
- Master of Science in Transportation - Advanced Transportation Systems and Technologies
- Annual Tuition: $20,185
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 10,280
- Example Classes: Advanced Strength of Materials; Airport Planning and Design; Deformation and Instability of Soils; Earthquake Structural Engineering; Energy and Climate; Hydraulics of Ground Water
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Civil Engineering
- Annual Tuition: $20,250
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: SACS COC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 5,170
- Example Classes: Electrical, Mechanical and Piping Systems; Finite Elements in Structural & Continuum Mechanics; Foundation Engineering; Introduction to Solid Mechanics; Theory of Elasticity; Theory of Plate Behavior
Online Master's Degrees
- MS: Civil Engineering
- MS: Civil Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering
- MS: Civil Engineering - Structural Engineering
- MS: Civil Engineering - Transportation Systems Management
- Annual Tuition: $20,280
- School Type: Non-Profit
- School Accreditation: WSCUC
- Total Graduate Enrollment: 10,294
- Example Classes: Aquatic Chemistry; Coastal Contaminants; Movement and Fate of Organic Contaminants in Waters; Ocean Waves; Rivers, Streams and Canals; Transport Phenomena
Online Master's Degrees
- Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering