2025 Best General Civil Engineering Schools in Colorado
4Colleges in Colorado
531General Civil Engineering Degrees Awarded
Ranked #41 in popularity, general civil engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 531 degrees in general civil engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general civil engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Civil Engineering Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Civil Engineering in Colorado
The schools below may not offer all types of general civil engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat Colorado School of Mines if you want to pursue a degree in general civil engineering. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden. A Best Colleges rank of #87 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were roughly 120 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general civil engineering has to look into Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 158 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
University of Colorado Boulder is a great option for students interested in a degree in general civil engineering. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 133 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in general civil engineering. CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 72 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz 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).
Your choice of general civil engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general civil engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
