2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
2Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
12Civil Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in civil engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #908 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 12 degrees in civil engineering to qualified students.
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 the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of civil engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Civil Engineering
Any student pursuing a degree in civil engineering needs to look into University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Notre Dame. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 8 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. This school ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 3 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering. SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Carbondale. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 1 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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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