Top Civil Engineering Universities in the United States

University of California, Berkeley

• The University of California, Berkeley campus is located in the San Francisco Bay area, just fives miles from the Pacific Ocean. Berkeley was ranked first in the United States by U.S. News & World Report in 2010 for its College of Engineering. The school offers Master of Science, joint Master's and Doctorate degree, and traditional Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Application to Berkeley requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited university, taking the GRE, and three letters of recommendation.

  University of California, Berkeley
  College of Engineering
  320 McLaughlin Hall # 1700
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1700
  510-642-7405
  berkeley.edu

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

• The civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Illinois offers four different graduate degree options. These include; Master of Science, joint Master of Science and Architecture, joint Master of Business Administration and Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. In its 2010 publication, U.S. News & World Report rated the University of Illinois civil engineering program second in the United States. The school has approximately 6,500 undergraduate students, 2,500 graduate students, and 417 faculty members. Within the department the student to teacher ratio is 13:1. The school's website claims that its graduating students receive an average of seven post-graduation interviews, with an average of 2.3 job offers per student.

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  1308 W. Green
  Urbana, IL 61801
  217-333-0035
  illinois.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology

• The College of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology offers degrees on both the master's and doctoral level. The school offers five different areas of concentration which are environmental engineering, engineering fluid mechanics and water resources, geotechnical and geosystems engineering, structural engineering mechanics and materials, and transportation systems. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report rated this school the number three civil engineering program in the United States. The campus is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The master's program usually takes a year and a half to complete. The Ph.D. program requires a research thesis and defense of dissertation.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  College of Engineering
  225 North Avenue
  Atlanta, GA 30332-0360
  404-894-1610
  gatech.edu