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2023 Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee

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

Civil Engineering is the #48 most popular major in Tennessee with 73 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in Tennessee for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 166
Florida 288
Georgia 108
North Carolina 143
Kentucky 58
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

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 2 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).
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