2025 Best General Civil Engineering Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
91General Civil Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #41 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general civil engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 91 degrees in general civil engineering to qualified students.
The general civil engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Civil Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall General 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.
General Civil Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in District of Columbia list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia
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 general civil engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top District of Columbia Schools in General Civil Engineering
George Washington University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general civil engineering. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 36 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Catholic University of America if you want to pursue a degree in general civil engineering. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 4th out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 26 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in general civil engineering needs to take a look at Howard University. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 7 schools for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 14 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The general civil engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Civil Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Civil Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
