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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

28 Colleges
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

Civil Engineering is the #43 most popular major in the country with 6,042 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 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master'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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the civil eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Notre Dame is a great place for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

With a ranking of #7, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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Lawrence Technological University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree civil engineering programs. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Southfield.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #9 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Case Western Reserve University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree civil engineering programs. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 155
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 25 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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