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Finding the Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Civil Engineering is the #43 most popular major in the country with 6,042 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the United States. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 19 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the United States. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

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#6

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Lawrence Technological University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Southfield.

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Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hoboken.

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#10

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

Clarkson University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate civil engineering programs. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Potsdam.

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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 19 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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