2025 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 185 bachelor's degrees in general civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Civil Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of general civil engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 bachelor'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 colleges for general civil engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Civil Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Civil Engineering in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in General Civil Engineering

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

69 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general civil engineering from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

36 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Louisiana Tech University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering. Louisiana Tech is a large public university located in the distant town of Ruston.More information about a bachelor’s in general civil engineering from Louisiana Tech University

3

University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

32 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering needs to look into University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general civil engineering from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

4

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

35 Annual Graduates

University of New Orleans is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general civil engineering from University of New Orleans

5

Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA

13 Annual Graduates

Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.More information about a bachelor’s in general civil engineering from Southern University and A & M College

Best General Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	841
Tennessee	460	253
North Carolina	453	305
Georgia	453	338
Virginia	421	450
South Carolina	370	229
Kentucky	331	162
Alabama	320	384
Arkansas	294	101
Mississippi	275	172
West Virginia	223	102

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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.

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.