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2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas

13 Colleges
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

With 490 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #33 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Texas. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 19% of the civil eng majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular civil engineering schools in Texas. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Women make up 22% of the civil eng majors at the school.

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Out of the 13 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

About 24% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 76% are male.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 13 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Women make up 40% of the civil eng majors at the school.

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#5

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 13 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 90% are male.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

About 36% of the students majoring in civil eng at the school are women while 64% are male.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.

Women make up 25% of the civil eng majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

Women make up 29% of the civil eng majors at the school.

Full Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

The University of Texas at Tyler came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Tyler is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tyler.

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

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 88
Oklahoma 47
New Mexico 33

One of 39 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 13 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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