2025 Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 doctor's degrees in general civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general civil engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general civil engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank General Civil Engineering Schools

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 New York 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 New York

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

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in General Civil Engineering

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

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

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general civil engineering needs to look into University at Buffalo. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general civil engineering from University at Buffalo

Best General Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	25
Maryland	190	20
New Jersey	165	19
District of Columbia	143	5
Delaware	63	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Civil Engineering

One of 5 majors within the Civil Engineering area of study, General Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to General Civil Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Trasportation Engineering	11

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.