2024 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

If you plan on getting your master's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 54 master's degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to civil engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other civil engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for civil engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for civil engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The civil eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Wisconsin.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in Wisconsin

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in civil engineering.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Master's in Civil Eng

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

36 Annual Graduates

$65,403 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in civil engineering. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison.

Students who graduate with their master's from the civil eng program report average early career earnings of $65,403.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI

10 Annual Graduates

$67,181 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in civil engineering has to take a look at Milwaukee School of Engineering. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Master's students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn about $67,181 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	317
Michigan	211	114
Ohio	207	150
Indiana	191	94

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Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	54

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	165
Electrical Engineering	96
Mechanical Engineering	72
Biomedical Engineering	44
Industrial Engineering	32
Computer Engineering	27
Manufacturing Engineering	26
Materials Engineering	14
Architectural Engineering	13
Nuclear Engineering	11

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.