2024 Best Structural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Structural Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #424 out of the 862 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of structural engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in structural engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 structural engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other structural engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized structural engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for structural engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Structural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Structural Engineering in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for structural engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Structural Engineering

1

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in structural engineering needs to take a look at University of California - San Diego. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in structural engineering from University of California - San Diego

2

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Lehigh University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in structural engineering. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem.More information about a doctorate in structural engineering from Lehigh University

Structural Engineering by Region

View the Best Structural Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Structural Engineering

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

Majors Similar to Structural Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	1,045
Trasportation Engineering	13
Water Resources Engineering	9
Civil Engineering	6

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.