Best Graduate School for Civil Engineering

The College of Engineering at Illinois is among the world's most prestigious and largest engineering institutions, with undergraduate and graduate programs ranked in the Top Five nationally and internationally. The widely cited U.S. News & World Report rankings annually place Illinois very highly for their civil engineering undergraduate and graduate programs.

The US News & World Report's rankings for 2014 have the University of California-Berkeley graduate program in civil engineering at No. 2 Position. Civil engineering has been in the top 2 for the past 11 years.

Stanford emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and research. Stanford values close interaction between undergraduates and faculty.

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology are consistently ranked as one of the nation's most outstanding programs of its kind in both graduate and undergraduate education. The Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation's preeminent research universities, providing a focused, technologically based education.

The Cockrell School of Engineering is ABET accredited. In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, the Cockrell School of Engineering consistently ranks among the best undergraduate engineering schools in the United States. One of the special strengths of the University of Texas at Austin is its size. UT offers great educational variety.

The School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University rank among the nation's top programs, with an undergraduate ranking of 7th and a graduate ranking of 6th as reported in U.S. News and World Report. Purdue civil engineers are highly sought as many are the top leaders in the profession throughout the world. Purdue's status as a major research institution offers distinct advantages to undergraduate and graduate students.

The essence of MIT is the problems-solving approach it follows, especially those big, intractable, complicated problems whose solutions make a permanent difference. The Civil engineering department’s focus is discovery and innovation to understand the world, invent and lead with creative design to sustain life and society in ever-changing environments.

The undergraduate and graduate programs are among the best in the nation according to the 2013 U.S. News and World Report rankings for civil engineering programs. The civil engineering graduate program is ranked 7th and the undergraduate program is ranked 8th. The Civil engineering department at the University of Michigan provides students with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in their chosen field. The University abuts the city of Ann Arbor, which has its own thriving social and cultural identity.

The Department of Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech is ranked in the top 10 accredited civil engineering departments by the US News and World Report survey and is one of the largest programs in the United States. As a broad-based research university with a large undergraduate population, Virginia Tech strikes a balance between learning, discovery, and engagement.

Carnegie Mellon University prepares students for leadership roles in engineering practice, development and research. The undergraduate program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Carnegie Mellon University is a top-tier global research university that has been a birthplace of innovation. Its groundbreaking research yields new discoveries that impact people's lives, and the students are recruited by some of the world's most innovative companies.

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