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2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region

18 Colleges
$64,492 Avg Salary
$26,391 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the New England 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.

Check out the civil eng programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our analysis found Northeastern University to be the most popular school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#4

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

Out of the 18 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

Norwich University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for civil engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Northfield.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular civil engineering programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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#9

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. UMaine is a large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

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University of Rhode Island landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular civil engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 238
Connecticut 49
Rhode Island 15
New Hampshire 20
Maine 15
Vermont 30

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 18 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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