A degree in civil engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #50 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 326 degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for civil engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of civil eng degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in civil engineering has to check out Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Knoxville if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were about 113 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, civil eng degree recipients usually make around $60,660 in the first five years of their career.
Any student who is interested in civil engineering needs to check out Tennessee Technological University. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Cookeville. This university ranks 20th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 67 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee Tech University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the civil eng program make an average of $57,823 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in civil engineering has to check out University of Memphis. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis. A Best Colleges rank of #748 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofM is a great university overall.
There were about 35 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the civil eng program report average early career income of $56,998.
It's hard to beat Christian Brothers University if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Memphis. This university ranks 19th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 19 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent data year.
Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #577 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.
There were about 8 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 35 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the civil eng program make an average of $57,404 in the first couple years of their career.
Tennessee State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Nashville. This university ranks 28th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 24 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tennessee State University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for civil engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
