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Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools

There are 334 colleges that offer a degree in Civil Engineering. Learn more about the most popular schools below:

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

Today’s Civil Engineering students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick-and-mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school halfway across the country without even leaving your house.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 334 schools in the United States offering Civil Engineering programs. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school’s program.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for Civil Engineering majors.

Our rankings named Texas A&M University-College Station the most popular school in the U.S. for Civil Engineering majors. Located in College Station, TX, this is a public institution. This school awarded 358 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $54,018. Full Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University-College Station Report

University of California-Berkeley comes in at #2 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Berkeley, CA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 358 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $57,445. Read More…

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University comes in at #3 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a public school located in Blacksburg, VA. This school awarded 340 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $59,604. Full Civil Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Report

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Champaign, IL, this is a public institution. This school awarded 327 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $53,513. Read More…

#5

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University-Main Campus landed the #5 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Purdue University-Main Campus is a public school located in West Lafayette, IN. This school awarded 314 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $61,124. Read More…

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona comes in at #6 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona is a public school located in Pomona, CA. This school awarded 285 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $43,850. Full Civil Engineering at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Report

The University of Texas at Arlington comes in at #7 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Arlington, TX, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 279 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $64,801. Full Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

New Jersey Institute of Technology comes in at #8 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Newark, NJ, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 269 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $67,467. Full Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology Report

The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is a public school located in Austin, TX. This school awarded 232 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $51,060. Read full report on Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

University of Washington-Seattle Campus comes in at #10 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Seattle, WA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 227 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $53,990. Read More…

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus comes in at #11 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Atlanta, GA, this is a public institution. This school awarded 217 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $87,556. Full Civil Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Report

#12

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #12 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Stanford University is a private nonprofit school located in Stanford, CA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 215 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $89,527. Read More…

North Carolina State University at Raleigh landed the #13 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public school located in Raleigh, NC. During the most recent year for which we have data, 200 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $50,866. Read More…

University of California-Davis comes in at #14 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. University of California-Davis is a public school located in Davis, CA. This school awarded 200 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $41,123. Read More…

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus comes in at #15 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is a public school located in University Park, PA. During the most recent year for which we have data, 199 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $54,468. Full Civil Engineering at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Report

#16

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University comes in at #16 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Clemson, SC, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 192 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $51,401. Read More…

University of Central Florida landed the #17 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. University of Central Florida is a public school located in Orlando, FL. During the most recent year for which we have data, 191 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $41,960. Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Central Florida

Arizona State University Campus Immersion landed the #18 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Tempe, AZ, this is a public institution. This school awarded 183 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $48,210. Full Civil Engineering at Arizona State University Campus Immersion Report

University of California-Los Angeles landed the #19 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Los Angeles, CA, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 180 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $41,763. Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of California-Los Angeles

#20

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #20 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Lubbock, TX, this is a public institution. This school awarded 178 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $46,893. Read More…

#21

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo comes in at #21 on our list of the most popular colleges for Civil Engineering majors. Located in Buffalo, NY, this is a public institution. This school awarded 169 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $44,259. Read More…

California State University-Sacramento landed the #22 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. California State University-Sacramento is a public school located in Sacramento, CA. This school awarded 168 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $42,434. Read More…

Florida International University landed the #23 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Miami, FL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 168 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $40,919. Read More…

#24

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #24 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. Located in Gainesville, FL, this is a public institution. During the most recent year for which we have data, 168 people earned their degree in Civil Engineering from this school. Graduates of this program go on to a median salary of $48,898. Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Florida

California State University-Long Beach landed the #25 spot in our Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools ranking. California State University-Long Beach is a public school located in Long Beach, CA. This school awarded 167 degrees in Civil Engineering in the most recent reporting year. Graduates who hold this degree go on to make a median salary of $38,082. Read full report on Civil Engineering at California State University-Long Beach

#29

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
#31

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
#33

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
#34

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
#38

Northeastern University

Boston, MA
#39

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT
#40

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA
#45

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
#47

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS
#48

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for this major that just missed the list above.

Rank College Location
51 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA
52 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA
53 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
54 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
55 University of South Florida Tampa, FL
56 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
57 George Mason University Fairfax, VA
58 Manhattan University Riverdale, NY
59 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
60 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO
61 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA
62 University of Delaware Newark, DE
63 Brigham Young University Provo, UT
64 Washington State University Pullman, WA
65 Villanova University Villanova, PA
66 California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA
67 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA
68 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI
69 University of Houston Houston, TX
70 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
71 University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC
72 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
73 New York University New York, NY
74 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
75 University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV
76 The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX
77 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO
78 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
79 California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA
80 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
81 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
82 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA
83 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK
84 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
85 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
86 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM
87 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
88 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
89 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
90 Utah State University Logan, UT
91 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
92 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
93 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
94 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
95 Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
96 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
97 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
98 Boise State University Boise, ID
99 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO
100 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI
101 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
102 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
103 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL
104 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL
105 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR
106 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
107 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
108 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH
109 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX
110 University of Georgia Athens, GA
111 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
112 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
113 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
114 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
115 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH
116 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
117 Portland State University Portland, OR
118 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI
119 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
120 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
121 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY
122 North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND
123 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
124 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
125 Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN
126 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK
127 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
128 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
129 University of Louisville Louisville, KY
130 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM
131 University of Maine Orono, ME
132 University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN
133 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
134 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
135 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
136 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA
137 Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
138 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX
139 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
140 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
141 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC
142 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO
143 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
144 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
145 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
146 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD
147 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
148 Western New England University Springfield, MA
149 California State University-Chico Chico, CA
150 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC
151 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
152 Bradley University Peoria, IL
153 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
154 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL
155 Temple University Philadelphia, PA
156 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
157 Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA
158 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
159 Texas State University San Marcos, TX
160 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
161 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
162 University of Memphis Memphis, TN
163 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL
164 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY
165 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA
166 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
167 Tufts University Medford, MA
168 United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO
169 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
170 University of Idaho Moscow, ID
171 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA
172 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN
173 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
174 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
175 United States Military Academy West Point, NY
176 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA
177 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
178 Duke University Durham, NC
179 Morgan State University Baltimore, MD
180 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
181 Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID
182 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN
183 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
184 CUNY City College New York, NY
185 Montana Technological University Butte, MT
186 Trine University Angola, IN
187 York College of Pennsylvania York, PA
188 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
189 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA
190 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
191 Ohio Northern University Ada, OH
192 El Paso Community College El Paso, TX
193 University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN
194 Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY
195 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
196 Marshall University Huntington, WV
197 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
198 George Washington University Washington, DC
199 Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA
200 The Catholic University of America Washington, DC

Civil Engineering by Region

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Region
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Middle Atlantic
Great Lakes
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Southeast
Southwest
Rocky Mountains
Far Western US

More Civil Engineering Rankings

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Civil Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering 19,293
Structural Engineering 338
Civil Engineering 173
Transportation Engineering 127
Water Resources Engineering 53
Geoenvironmental Engineering 21
Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 42,939
Electrical Engineering 26,760
Computer Engineering 19,986
Biomedical Engineering 13,914
General Engineering 13,411

References

*The average salary above is for the top 25 schools only.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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