2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in Illinois

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.

There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Civil Engineering Schools List

Pick Your Civil Engineering Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Civil Engineering in Illinois

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 Illinois Schools in Civil Engineering

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is hard to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a degree in civil engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. SIUC is a large public university located in the city of Carbondale.More information about a degree in civil engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	737	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Engineering

One of 5 majors within the Civil Engineering area of study, Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Civil Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	799
Structural Engineering	8
Trasportation Engineering	5

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.