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

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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 doctor's degrees in general civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 schools for general civil engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general civil engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in General Civil Engineering

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in general civil engineering. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in general civil engineering from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general civil engineering. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general civil engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best General Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	53
Michigan	257	36
Ohio	253	25
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.