Top Civil Engineering Schools
University of California--Berkeley is ranked 1st for its graduate programs in Civil Engineering in the U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings 2011. UC Berkeley’ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is widely acknowledged to be a national and international leader. CEE is organized into six program areas including: Engineering and Project Management; Environmental Engineering; GeoEngineering; Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials; Transportation Engineering; Civil Systems.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best in the country. It offers the top-ranked Civil Engineering graduate program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. Both MS and PhD degrees are available in a variety of specialized areas. Emphasis is placed on advanced study and participation in creative research. The department also offers joint degree programs: the master of architecture and master of science in civil engineering (Structures), and a joint master of business administration and construction engineering and management.
Purdue's School of Civil Engineering is rated #3, tied with UT-Austin, Georgia Tech, and Stanford.
Top 10 Civil Engineering Schools:
1 University of California--Berkeley
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
3 Georgia Institute of Technology
Purdue University--West Lafayette
Stanford University
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
9 Virginia Tech
10 Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Source: US News & World Report 2011
* Suggested reading:
American Civil Engineering Ranking
US News Engineering School Rank 2011
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best in the country. It offers the top-ranked Civil Engineering graduate program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. Both MS and PhD degrees are available in a variety of specialized areas. Emphasis is placed on advanced study and participation in creative research. The department also offers joint degree programs: the master of architecture and master of science in civil engineering (Structures), and a joint master of business administration and construction engineering and management.
Purdue's School of Civil Engineering is rated #3, tied with UT-Austin, Georgia Tech, and Stanford.
Top 10 Civil Engineering Schools:
1 University of California--Berkeley
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
3 Georgia Institute of Technology
Purdue University--West Lafayette
Stanford University
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
9 Virginia Tech
10 Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Source: US News & World Report 2011
* Suggested reading:
American Civil Engineering Ranking
US News Engineering School Rank 2011
