You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in trasportation engineering. It is ranked #914 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for trasportation engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 129 degrees in trasportation engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of trasportation engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Trasportation Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The transportation engineering 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 Trasportation Engineering Schools.
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Best Schools for Trasportation Engineering in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the transportation engineering degree levels they offer.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great choice for students interested in a degree in trasportation engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 12 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in trasportation engineering. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of California - Davis if you wish to pursue a degree in trasportation engineering. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 9 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in trasportation engineering. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population. This school ranks 5th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 9 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at NJIT in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 1 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent data year.
Morgan State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Baltimore. This university ranks 33rd out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 14 trasportation engineering students who graduated with this degree at Morgan State in the most recent year we have data available.
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 trasportation engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Trasportation Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
