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

Civil Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 67 doctor's degrees in civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to civil engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other civil engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt civil engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for civil engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The civil eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Civil Engineering in New York

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

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Civil Eng

1

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

12 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in civil engineering. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

13 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in civil engineering. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University at Buffalo

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	29
Maryland	119	22
New Jersey	115	23
District of Columbia	81	5
Delaware	53	5

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Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	56
Trasportation Engineering	11

Most Popular Majors Related to Civil Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	135
Mechanical Engineering	111
Biomedical Engineering	91
Chemical Engineering	79
Materials Engineering	33
Industrial Engineering	27
Operations Research	27
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	15
Engineering Physics	12
Environmental Engineering	12

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.