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2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky

3 Colleges in Kentucky
220 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$56,653 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #50 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 220 degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School

Best Civil Engineering Schools in Kentucky The civil eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Civil Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Civil Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Civil Eng
Master's Degrees in Civil Eng
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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 Kentucky list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Civil Engineering in Kentucky

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the civil eng degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Kentucky Schools in Civil Eng

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
96 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$55,159 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.

There were roughly 96 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, civil eng degree recipients usually earn an average of $55,159 in the first five years of their career.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
89 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
24.7% Growth in Graduates

University of Louisville is a good choice for students interested in a degree in civil engineering. UofL is a very large public university located in the city of Louisville. This university ranks 2nd out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were about 89 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering degree program at University of Louisville earn $7,389 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.

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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
35 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$50,759 Median Starting Salary

Western Kentucky University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in civil engineering. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green. This university ranks 7th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.

There were approximately 35 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, civil eng degree recipients usually earn about $50,759 at the beginning of their careers.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 446
Florida 282 1,164
North Carolina 279 448
Virginia 274 616
Tennessee 269 326
South Carolina 248 307
Louisiana 242 247
Mississippi 234 193
Arkansas 234 118
Alabama 233 461
West Virginia 207 112

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Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering 217
Trasportation Engineering 3

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 391
Electrical Engineering 178
Computer Engineering 162
Chemical Engineering 140
Industrial Engineering 94
Biomedical Engineering 61
Agricultural Engineering 38
Engineering Physics 29
Materials Engineering 29
Mining Engineering 25

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