2024 Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
11
Colleges in the Far Western US Region
174
Doctor's Degrees
General Civil Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 174 doctor's degrees in general civil engineering to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Civil Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree
The general civil engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality general civil engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general civil engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general civil engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general civil engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general civil engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The general civil engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.