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2023 Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

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

With 155 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #47 most popular major in Michigan.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for civil eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Michigan Schools for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best school in Michigan for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Michigan. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Michigan. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

Full Civil Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Michigan. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 370
Ohio 175
Indiana 148
Wisconsin 67

Civil Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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