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2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

29 Colleges
$62,958 Avg Salary
$25,172 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Civil Engineering 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 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for civil engineering students. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools 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 University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular civil engineering programs. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular civil engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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.

  • 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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