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2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular 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 42 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Civil Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for civil eng majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

Our analysis found Clarkson University to be the most popular school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Potsdam.

About 54% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 46% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular civil engineering schools in the United States. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.

About 40% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 60% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular civil engineering schools in the United States. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 13% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 88% are male.

Full Civil Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#5

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Civil Engineering at Villanova University Report

With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for civil engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 33% are male.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate civil engineering programs. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

Of the 3 students majoring in civil eng at UofL, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Lawrence Technological University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Southfield.

About 33% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 67% are male.

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Michigan Technological University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

Women make up 50% of the civil eng majors at the school.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Michigan Technological University

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools award.

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 42 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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