by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Civil Engineering is the 908th most popular major in the country with 131 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree civil engineering students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s civil engineering degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Civil Engineering at University of California - Davis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Major list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 doctorate’s civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
