Best Colleges For Civil Engineering Majors

This is the ranking of the best colleges for Civil Engineering majors using our Real Rank analysis methodology.

Civil engineering is one of the oldest forms of engineering, dealing with the engineering of roads, buildings, hydroelectric stations and dams, and any type of structure. When you hear that the ancient Romans were great engineers, what that refers to is civil engineering. And, today, it is civil engineers who are intimately involved in the most high-tech design of structures such as water supply systems, massive public irrigation systems, dams, bridges, office buildings, condo complexes, toll roads to amusement park rides to stadiums.

Top 100 Best Colleges for Civil Engineering

Civil engineering is one of the basic and most widespread engineering fields, and this is the ranking of the top 100 programs.

Rank	College	City	State
1	University of Texas	Austin	TX
2	Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta	GA
3	Purdue University	West Lafayette	IN
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	MA
5	University of Illinois	Champaign	IL
6	Stanford University	Palo Alto	CA
7	Texas A&M University	College Station	TX
8	Virginia Polytechnic University (Virginia Tech)	Blacksburg	VA
9	University of California - Berkeley	Berkeley	CA
10	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	MI
11	Penn State	University Park	PA
12	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	CA
13	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	PA
14	University of Washington	Seattle	WA
15	University of California - Davis	Davis	CA
16	University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA
17	Cornell University	Ithaca	NY
18	North Carolina State University	Raleigh	NC
19	University of Florida	Gainesville	FL
20	Michigan State University	East Lansing	MI
21	Lehigh University	Bethlehem	PA
22	University of California - San Diego	San Diego	CA
23	The Ohio State University	Columbus	OH
24	Columbia University	New York	NY
25	Princeton University	Princeton	NJ
26	Northwestern University	Evanston	IL
27	Colorado State University	Ft. Collins	CO
28	Iowa State University	Ames	IA
29	Rice University	Houston	TX
30	Arizona State University	Tempe	AZ
31	University Of Wisconsin	Madison	WI
32	University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV)	Las Vegas	NV
33	University of Maryland	College Park	MD
34	United States Military Academy	West Point	NY
35	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	NJ
36	Duke University	Durham	NC
37	Oregon State University	Corvallis	OR
38	University of Central Florida	Orlando	FL
39	Washington State University	Pullman	WA
40	University of Nevada - Reno	Reno	NV
41	University of Colorado	Boulder	CO
42	University at Buffalo - SUNY	Buffalo	NY
43	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA
44	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD
45	California State University - Chico	Chico	CA
46	University of Notre Dame	South Bend	IN
47	University of Minnesota	Twin Cities	MN
48	University of Houston	Houston	TX
49	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla	MO
50	Colorado School of Mines	Golden	CO
51	San Diego State University	San Diego	CA
52	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute	Troy	NY
53	University of Tennessee	Knoxville	TN
54	Clemson University	Clemson	SC
55	University of Oklahoma	Norman	OK
56	Michigan Technological University	Houghton	MI
57	Northeastern University	Boston	MA
58	Florida State University	Tallahassee	FL
59	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL
60-75	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge	LA
60-75	Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN
60-75	University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA
60-75	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington	VA
60-75	University of Arizona	Tuscon	AZ
60-75	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati	OH
60-75	University of Massachusetts	Amherst	MA
60-75	University of Kentucky	Lexington	KY
60-75	Mississippi State University	Starkville	MS
60-75	University of South Carolina	Columbia	SC
60-75	Auburn University	Auburn	AL
60-75	University of Nebraska	Lincoln	NB
60-75	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PA
60-75	University of Kansas	Lawrence	KS
60-75	Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	OK
76-100	Texas Tech University	Lubbock	TX
76-100	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	AR
76-100	University of Mississippi	Oxford	MS
76-100	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	VA
76-100	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York	NY
76-100	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT
76-100	West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV
76-100	Kansas State University	Manhattan	KS
76-100	Washington University	St. Louis	MO
76-100	University of Maine	Orono	ME
76-100	University of Oregon	Eugene	OR
76-100	New York University	New York	NY
76-100	Rutgers University	Piscataway	NJ
76-100	Utah State University	Logan	UT
76-100	University of Hawaii - Manoa	Honolulu	HI
76-100	University of Delaware	Newark	DE
76-100	New Mexico State University	Las Cruces	NM
76-100	Brigham Young University	Salt Lake City	UT
76-100	University of Connecticut	Storrs	CT
76-100	University of California - Irvine	Irvine	CA
76-100	California Polytechnic University - San Louis Obispo	San Louis Obispo	CA
76-100	California State Polytechnic University - Pomona	Pomona	CA
76-100	Tufts University	Medford	MA
76-100	Howard University	Washington	DC
76-100	George Mason University	Fairfax	VA
76-100	University of Vermont	Burlington	VT
76-100	Syracuse University	Syracuse	NY
76-100	University of Missouri - Columbia	Columbia	MO
76-100	Marquette University	Milwaukee	WI
76-100	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	OH
76-100	George Washington University	Washington	DC

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What is a Civil Engineering Major?

A typical civil engineering curriculum covers structural and fluid systems and analyses. Among the subjects covered in a typical Civil Engineering major are:

Basic Core Sciences:
- - chemistry
  - physics
Engineering Disciplines, such as:
- - Structural Dynamics and simulation
  - Transportation Engineering
  - Fluid systems and hydraulics
  - Engineering Design.
Mathematics

Civil Engineering Careers

Students graduating with degrees in civil engineering qualify for a wide range of engineering, research and management oriented careers. As with other engineering disciplines, the entry level salaries for civil engineers tends to be at the high end of entry level jobs available to undergraduates. Examples of careers available in the field are:

Construction Engineer
Environmental Engineer
Water Systems Designer
Architectural Engineer
Transportation Engineer
Structural Engineer.

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Top 100 Best Colleges for Civil Engineering

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