Top Civil Engineering Doctoral Programs

The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is ranked top for its doctoral programs. Its civil engineering is placed third in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of American graduate school programs 2010, equal rank with Stanford and University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) .

CEE offers the following degrees:

• Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
  
• Master of Science (S.M.)
  
• Master of Science in Transportation (M.S.T.)
  
• Doctoral Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)

University of California–Berkeley is ranked among the Top 2 in the NRC League Table. Its graduate program in civil engineering was ranked  No. 1 for the ninth year in a row by U.S. News and World Report (2010). UC Berkeley’ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is organized into six program areas:

• Civil Systems
  
• Engineering and Project Management
  
• Environmental Engineering
  
• GeoEngineering
  
• Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
  
• Transportation Engineering
  

Ranking of Top Civil Engineering Doctoral Programs in the US:

1. MIT

2. University of California–Berkeley

3. Stanford

4. University of Texas–Austin

5. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign

6. Cornell

7. Caltech

8. Princeton

9. Northwestern

10. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Source: National Council Research Report 1995

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