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2024 Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

54 Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,665 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$60,648 Avg 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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 54 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for civil engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,665 degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School

Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region 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.

Civil Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Civil Eng
Master's Degrees in Civil Eng
Doctor's Degrees in Civil Eng

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 Civil Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Civil Engineering in the Southeast Region

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.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools in Civil Eng

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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NC
49 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded

Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.

There were about 49 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
61 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
16.4% Growth in Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in civil engineering. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.

There were about 61 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year. Civil Engineering degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus earn a boost of about $9,581 over the typical income of civil engineering graduates.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
206 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$68,610 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in civil engineering has to look into Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.

There were roughly 206 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus earn $7,961 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In TN

Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in civil engineering. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.

There were roughly 25 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
343 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
5.5% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.

There were about 343 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Those civil engineering students who get their degree from Virginia Tech receive $6,428 more than the typical civil eng grad.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
244 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
8.6% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.

There were about 244 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Those civil engineering students who get their degree from University of Florida make $6,542 more than the average civil eng student.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
223 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
7.6% Growth in Graduates

NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.

There were approximately 223 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year. Those civil engineering students who get their degree from North Carolina State University make $11,473 more than the typical civil eng student.

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Clemson University
Clemson, SC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
181 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$63,977 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.

There were approximately 181 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the civil engineering program at Clemson University get $3,329 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
152 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$64,976 Median Starting Salary

Auburn is a very large public university located in the small city of Auburn. This university ranks 3rd out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were approximately 152 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available. Civil Engineering degree recipients from Auburn University get an earnings boost of about $4,328 over the typical earnings of civil engineering majors.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
149 Civil Eng Degrees Awarded
$61,525 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.

There were roughly 149 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, civil eng degree recipients usually make about $61,525 in their early careers.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 446
Florida 282 1,164
North Carolina 279 448
Virginia 274 616
Tennessee 269 326
South Carolina 248 307
Kentucky 244 217
Louisiana 242 247
Mississippi 234 193
Arkansas 234 118
Alabama 233 461
West Virginia 207 112

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering 4,606
Civil Engineering 45
Structural Engineering 11
Trasportation Engineering 3

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,524
Electrical Engineering 5,288
Computer Engineering 3,297
General Engineering 2,586
Biomedical Engineering 2,577
Chemical Engineering 2,548
Industrial Engineering 2,419
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,196
Systems Engineering 860
Materials Engineering 704

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