2025 Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #26 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 46 doctor's degrees in general civil engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 Illinois.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Civil Engineering in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general civil engineering.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in General Civil Engineering

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general civil engineering. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general civil engineering from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general civil engineering. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in general civil engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best General Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	257	36
Ohio	253	25
Indiana	202	54
Wisconsin	163	13

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General Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

General Civil Engineering is one of 5 different types of Civil Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.