If you plan on majoring in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #50 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 370 degrees in civil engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Civil Engineering Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 eng degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in civil engineering needs to check out Oregon State University. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis. A Best Colleges rank of #238 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 207 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, civil eng degree recipients typically earn around $71,509 at the beginning of their careers.
University of Portland is a good choice for students interested in a degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Portland, University of Portland is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #297 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Portland is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Portland in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the civil eng program report average early career income of $72,094.
Portland State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in civil engineering. Portland State University is a very large public university located in the large city of Portland. This university ranks 5th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 85 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn about $67,509 for their early career.
It is hard to beat Oregon Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. OIT is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Klamath Falls. This school ranks 8th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 35 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at OIT in the most recent data year. After graduating, civil eng degree recipients generally make about $64,425 in their early careers.
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).
Your choice of civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
