A degree in civil engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #50 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Civil Engineering Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 402 degrees in civil engineering to qualified students.
The civil eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Civil Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for 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.
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 Schools in Michigan.
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The schools below may not offer all types of civil eng degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in civil engineering needs to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn around $71,880 in their early career salary.
Any student pursuing a degree in civil engineering needs to take a look at Michigan State University. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 104 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the civil eng program make around $72,048 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat Michigan Technological University if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Houghton. A Best Colleges rank of #242 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 104 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Michigan Tech in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, civil eng degree recipients typically make around $72,210 in their early careers.
It's hard to beat Lawrence Technological University if you wish to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Southfield. This university ranks 24th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 28 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lawrence Tech in the most recent data year.
WMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. This university ranks 4th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 38 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, civil eng degree recipients typically earn around $69,706 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 46 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering program at Wayne State University get $3,903 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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 civil eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Civil Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for civil engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
