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2023 Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Schools

8 Colleges
$63,364 Avg Salary
$24,364 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found Missouri University of Science and Technology to be the most popular school for civil engineering students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for civil engineering students pursuing an online degree. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Civil Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

Out of the 8 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Schools list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for civil engineering students pursuing an online degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Schools list. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Civil Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Clemson University is a great place for civil engineering students pursuing an online degree. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 8 schools only.

  • 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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