2025 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your master's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 165 master's degrees in civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master'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 master'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 easy is it for civil engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in Washington

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in civil engineering.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Civil Eng

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

133 Annual Graduates

$87,462 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in civil engineering. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle.

After graduation, civil eng master's recipients generally make around $87,462 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

23 Annual Graduates

Washington State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in civil engineering. Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the town of Pullman.More information about a master’s in civil engineering from Washington State University

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	915
Oregon	158	77
Nevada	105	40
Hawaii	85	19
Alaska	52	11

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Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	113
Trasportation Engineering	39
Civil Engineering	8
Structural Engineering	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	185
Mechanical Engineering	149
Materials Engineering	56
Industrial Engineering	50
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	43
Chemical Engineering	22
Biomedical Engineering	21
Agricultural Engineering	5
Computer Engineering	5
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	3

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.