Best Colleges for Civil Engineering

Not an election cycle goes by where we do not hear laments about America’s crumbling infrastructure. The heroes-in-waiting ready to design and oversee the construction of the next generation of bridges, roads, airports, sewage systems, and public buildings are civil engineers. Population growth and the continued deterioration of existing structures and systems means that degree earners in this field will continue to find employment opportunities into the foreseeable future. Graduates of the programs that cracked our list of Best Colleges for Civil Engineering emerge with the requisite skills and credentials needed to launch their careers.

Click the links below for more information about each college’s civil engineering program. Click here to read our methodology.

Arizona State University

Bucknell University

California Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Clarkson University

Clemson University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Lafayette College

Lehigh University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

North Carolina State University

Ohio State University

Northwestern University

Penn State University

Princeton University

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rice University

Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

Stanford University

Texas A&M University

Tufts University

United States Air Force Academy

United States Military Academy

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, San Diego

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of Texas at Austin

University of Wisconsin – Madison

Villanova University

Virginia Tech

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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