2025 Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
6Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
248Civil Engineering Tech Degrees Awarded
$59,597Avg Early-Career Salary
Civil Engineering Technology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #237 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 248 degrees in civil engineering technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Civil Engineering Technology School
Your choice of civil engineering technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Civil Engineering Technology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Civil Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the civil engineering tech degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Civil Engineering Tech
It's hard to beat Rochester Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering technology. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means RIT is a great school overall.
There were about 56 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering technology degree program at Rochester Institute of Technology get $13,676 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
New York City College of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in civil engineering technology. Located in the city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 118th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 28 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at City Tech in the most recent data year.
Nassau Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in civil engineering technology. Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #426 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Nassau Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 23 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Nassau Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat SUNY Polytechnic Institute if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering technology. Located in the suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 124th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 20 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Poly in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the civil engineering technology major at SUNY Polytechnic Institute earn $2,493 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
UMES is a small public university located in the fringe town of Princess Anne. This university ranks 35th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 6 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at UMES in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering technology major at University of Maryland Eastern Shore make $9,212 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the large suburb of Farmingdale, SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1189 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a great college overall.
There were about 1 civil engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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