2025 Best Civil Engineering Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
93Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$71,769Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of civil engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 93 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 District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for 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 civil eng degrees they offer, see the list below.
George Washington University is a good option for students interested in a degree in civil engineering. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 36 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Catholic University of America if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 4th out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 26 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent year we have data available. Those civil engineering students who get their degree from Catholic University of America receive $5,732 more than the standard civil eng graduate.
Howard University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in civil engineering. Located in the 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 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent data year.
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.
