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Civil Engineering

Ranked in 2013, 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 schools for a master's in civil engineering.

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Rankings			Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank	School name	Score	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Additional data
#35	Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ	3.1	$10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,692	U.S. News Engineering School Compass Get the U.S. News Engineering School Compass to unlock more data columns. Access the complete rankings and more to find the right engineering school for you. Expanded profiles for all schools All entering class stats, including average GRE scores Research Expenditures All college data included (access good for one year) Get Access Already a member? Login here
#50	Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL	2.7	$7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	851
#90	Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT	2.2	$17,850 per year (full-time)	375
#16	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	3.6	$38,084 per year (full-time)	587
#10	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3.9	$38,900 per year (full-time)	2,857
#66	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	2.5	$37,120 per year (full-time)	633
#56	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	2.6	$1,259 per credit (full-time)	210
#56	Clemson University Clemson, SC	2.6	$8,368 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,670 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,317
#35	Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	3.1	$10,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,552 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	660
#26	Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY	3.3	$47,340 per year (full-time)	2,525
#10	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.9	$29,500 per year (full-time)	1,768
#97	CUNY‒City College (Grove) New York, NY	2.1	$10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	654
#50	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	2.7	$28,215 per year (full-time)	1,128
#32	Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC	3.2	$42,350 per year (full-time)	944
#108	Florida A&M University - Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	2.0	$428 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,059 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	268
#97	George Mason University (Volgenau) Fairfax, VA	2.1	$11,480 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,597
#80	George Washington University Washington, DC	2.3	$1,340 per credit (full-time)	1,542
#4	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.4	$10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	4,651
#72	Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL	2.4	$1,119 per credit (full-time)	1,450
#32	Iowa State University Ames, IA	3.2	$8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,013
#24	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD	3.4	$43,930 per year (full-time)	3,434
#72	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	2.4	$327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	496
#19	Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA	3.5	$1,260 per credit (full-time)	787
#56	Louisiana State University‒Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA	2.6	$5,875 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,263 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	636
#108	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	2.0	$985 per credit (full-time)	193

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Civil Engineering

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