Civil Best Engineering Schools

Ranked in 2010

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 schools for a master's in civil engineering.

Editor's Note: These rankings have been carried over from those published in the 2011 edition of Best Graduate Schools which were ranked in 2010.

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Overall Engineering School Program Data
#1	University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.8	In-state, full-time: $9,402 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year	1,759	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#2	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.6	In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year	2,711	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.4	In-state, full-time: $8,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,204 per year	4,607	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	4.4	In-state, full-time: $9,642 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,194 per year	2,865	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.4	Full-time: $41,220 per year	3,572	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#3	University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX	4.4	In-state, full-time: $8,876 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,252 per year	2,476	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.3	Full-time: $38,940 per year	2,677	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#8	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.1	In-state, full-time: $20,256 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,116 per year	2,955	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#9	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	4.0	In-state, full-time: $8,700 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,200 per year	2,208	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#10	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3.9	Full-time: $36,700 per year	2,334	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked
#10	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.9	Full-time: $29,500 per year	1,665	Locked	Locked	Locked	Locked

Rankings

Overall Engineering School Program Data

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Rank

College name

Score

Tuition

Total graduate engineering enrollment

Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students)

Research expenditures per faculty member

Engineering school research expenditures (2009-2010 fiscal year)

Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering

University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

4.8

In-state, full-time: $9,402 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,102 per year

1,759

Locked

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

4.6

In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year

2,711

Locked

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

4.4

In-state, full-time: $8,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,204 per year

4,607

Locked

Purdue University--West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

4.4

In-state, full-time: $9,642 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,194 per year

2,865

Locked

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.4

Full-time: $41,220 per year

3,572

Locked

University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)

Austin, TX

4.4

In-state, full-time: $8,876 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,252 per year

2,476

Locked

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.3

Full-time: $38,940 per year

2,677

Locked

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.1

In-state, full-time: $20,256 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,116 per year

2,955

Locked

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

4.0

In-state, full-time: $8,700 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,200 per year

2,208

Locked

#10

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

3.9

Full-time: $36,700 per year

2,334

Locked

#10

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

3.9

Full-time: $29,500 per year

1,665

Locked