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Civil Engineering
Ranked in 2014, part of Best Engineering Schools

Civil engineers design bridges, roads, buildings and other structures. Students may specialize in one area of civil engineering, such as
construction or transportation engineering. These are the top graduate schools for civil engineering.

Rankings Overall Engineering School Program Data

Total Average GRE Engineering school

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engineering (master's and Ph.D. expenditures (2012-
enrollment students) (new test) 2013 fiscal year)

University of 4.7 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 1,936 165 $210,960,000
#1 California—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

University of 4.7 $16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246 3,154 165 $228,526,020
#1
Illinois—​
Urbana-​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Champaign
Urbana, IL

Stanford 4.6 $45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517 166 $191,791,023

#3
University
Stanford, CA

University of 4.6 $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per 2,397 164 $190,324,229
#3
Texas—​ Austin year (out-of-state, full-time)
(Cockrell)
Austin, TX

Georgia Institute 4.4 $11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330 4,576 164 $207,678,000
#5
of Technology per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Atlanta, GA

Massachusetts 4.1 $43,210 per year (full-time) 3,174 165 $387,195,000

#6
Institute of
Technology
Cambridge, MA

Purdue 4.1 $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 3,333 163 $249,020,321
#6
University—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN

University of 4.0 $22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998 3,178 165 $234,127,000
#8
Michigan—​ Ann per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Cornell 3.9 $29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812 165 $138,651,559

#9
University
Ithaca, NY

Carnegie Mellon 3.8 $40,000 per year (full-time) 3,157 165 $213,012,688
#10
University
Pittsburgh, PA

University of 3.8 $13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211 1,130 163 $78,274,924
#10 California—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
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California—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Davis
Davis, CA

Virginia Tech 3.8 $11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146 2,193 162 $169,556,470
#10
Blacksburg, VA per year (out-of-state, full-time)

California 3.7 $39,990 per year (full-time) 569 168 $106,720,000

#13 Institute of
Technology
Pasadena, CA

Northwestern 3.7 $45,120 per year (full-time) 1,799 164 $107,334,674

#13 University
(McCormick)
Evanston, IL

Texas A&M 3.6 $227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per 3,066 160 $290,744,467
#15 University—​ credit (out-of-state, full-time)
College Station
(Look)
College Station, TX

University of 3.6 $12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142 1,623 161 $85,092,712
#15 Colorado—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Boulder
Boulder, CO

University of 3.5 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 1,715 164 $157,941,147
#17 California—​San per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA

University of 3.5 $14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594 2,139 164 $126,945,640
#17
Washington per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Seattle, WA

University of 3.5 $11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184 1,940 164 $204,475,659
#17
Wisconsin—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Madison
Madison, WI

Johns Hopkins 3.4 $45,470 per year (full-time) 3,296 163 $86,099,000
#20
University
(Whiting)
Baltimore, MD

University of 3.4 $14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990 1,928 163 $93,691,388
#20
Minnesota—​ per year (out-of-state, full-time)
Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Columbia 3.3 $39,360 per year (full-time) 2,827 165 $154,072,000

#22 University (Fu
Foundation)
New York, NY

Lehigh 3.3 $1,300 per credit (full-time) 826 163 $22,441,305

#22
University
(Rossin)
Bethlehem, PA

North Carolina 3.3 $7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per 2,929 163 $160,816,327
#22
State University year (out-of-state, full-time)
Raleigh, NC

Pennsylvania 3.3 $19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416 1,719 163 $190,144,109
#22
State University per year (out-of-state, full-time)
—​University
Park
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Park
University Park, PA

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