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September 30, 2010

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	17	65	17	82	36	80	15	41	15	54
Auburn U. Civil Engineering	67	121	58	123	36	103	16	42	48	106
California Institute of Technology Civil Engineering	3	16	2	6	92	114	27	75	13	57
Carnegie Mellon U. Architecture-Building Performance & Diagnostics	59	120	36	118	46	101	117	127	54	110
Carnegie Mellon U. Civil & Environmental Engineering	9	40	19	79	13	46	17	51	11	31
Case Western Reserve U. Civil Engineering	87	119	112	130	7	52	36	91	52	106
City U. of New York Graduate Center Civil Engineering	89	124	89	127	44	96	1	1	21	98
Clarkson U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	49	116	28	105	77	112	51	101	57	106
Clemson U. Civil Engineering	83	124	55	121	49	97	59	101	69	115
Clemson U. Environmental Engineering and Sciences	59	110	49	109	92	120	16	48	25	66
Colorado State U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	102	125	45	116	124	127	81	116	18	61
Columbia U. Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics	48	102	37	97	55	104	75	112	42	87
Columbia U. Earth and Environmental Engineering	39	94	21	75	93	116	100	122	40	91
Cornell U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	52	108	53	115	40	78	66	104	13	44
Drexel U. Civil Engineering	45	110	36	106	96	124	38	91	41	92
Drexel U. Environmental Engineering	91	121	102	126	24	70	16	44	99	129
Duke U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	24	64	10	49	50	100	52	101	21	60
Florida Inter- national U. Civil Engineering	41	103	55	120	70	119	2	2	51	126
George Washing- ton U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	114	127	99	128	100	124	48	95	78	126
Georgia Institute of Technology Civil Engineering	9	37	19	76	15	56	28	66	3	9
Georgia Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering	3	19	3	20	42	86	21	69	10	36
Illinois Institute of Technology Civil Engineering	119	129	69	123	116	124	52	106	82	121
Illinois Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering	108	129	26	94	129	130	41	93	42	118
Iowa State U. Civil Engineering	54	113	57	121	6	38	97	122	40	101
Johns Hopkins U. Civil Engineering	46	95	41	103	14	56	38	87	34	76
Johns Hopkins U. Environmental Engineering	40	86	26	77	23	73	54	104	22	64
Kansas State U. Civil Engineering	25	83	28	100	12	68	78	117	59	111
Lehigh U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	44	105	40	107	105	121	29	73	19	60
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Civil Engineering	43	108	30	107	67	104	128	130	23	88
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Civil And Environmental Engineering	7	39	7	43	34	80	29	71	2	7
Michigan State U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	33	86	45	114	17	58	32	85	29	89
Michigan Technological U. Engineering - Environmental	37	97	31	100	16	68	48	100	96	127
New Jersey Institute of Technology Civil Engineering	40	93	67	122	16	64	19	61	70	115
New Jersey Institute of Technology Environmental Engineering	36	86	68	121	16	62	15	47	77	118
North Carolina State U. Civil Engineering	56	110	42	108	113	124	35	84	9	26
North Dakota State U. Main Campus Engineering	46	100	81	125	2	17	98	122	110	128
North- eastern U. Civil & Environmental Engineering	54	119	39	118	30	103	10	24	71	120
North- western U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	6	25	9	38	16	65	24	61	8	18
Ohio State U. Main Campus Civil Engineering	94	124	55	118	121	128	43	99	23	82
Old Dominion U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	126	129	105	129	123	128	38	79	26	112
Oregon State U. Civil Engineering	52	111	54	118	6	48	85	114	71	122
Pennsyl- vania State U. Environmental Engineering	3	19	4	26	4	34	15	39	33	115
Pennsyl- vania State U. Civil Engineering	37	98	43	113	39	77	78	111	29	85
Princeton U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	1	2	2	3	3	31	16	39	11	46
Purdue U. Main Campus Civil Engineering	20	66	27	99	90	110	28	66	2	6
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Civil Engineering	18	73	15	84	63	109	7	18	17	63
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Environmental Engineering	26	92	23	101	46	99	27	73	39	96
Rice U. Civil Engineering	28	84	28	111	5	38	7	22	37	103
Rice U. Environmental Engineering	14	63	9	56	15	81	3	8	37	108
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Civil And Environmental Engineering	62	121	43	118	37	86	57	108	50	106
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Civil & Environmental	50	96	125	130	1	2	50	94	91	126
Stanford U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	4	21	7	37	68	109	23	58	4	14
Syracuse U. Main Campus Civil & Environmental Engineering	76	113	55	101	37	96	14	47	75	119
Texas A&M U. Civil Engineering	17	58	24	96	23	62	26	70	6	11
Texas Tech U. Civil Engineering	63	114	102	129	2	25	85	115	105	128
Tufts U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	11	37	22	66	19	95	48	100	66	120
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Civil Engineering	35	88	28	99	101	117	67	116	14	49
U. of Akron Civil Engineering	50	109	47	113	72	116	100	124	26	79
U. of Alabama Civil And Environmental Engineering	23	95	19	103	48	85	43	94	114	129
U. of Alabama at Birmingham and at Huntsville Civil Engineering (a joint program)	64	116	53	122	16	63	26	63	113	128
U. of Arizona Civil Engineering	32	87	27	100	37	85	15	49	40	90
U. of Arizona Engineering Mechanics	59	117	23	83	107	123	129	130	66	128
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Civil Engineering	71	117	94	128	2	11	27	78	106	127
U. of California at Berkeley Civil And Environmental Engineering	3	16	7	45	14	59	36	79	1	3
U. of California at Davis Civil & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering)	6	37	10	60	49	93	55	102	11	23
U. of California at Davis Transportation Technology & Policy	32	95	29	108	8	52	54	98	73	126
U. of California at Irvine Civil Engineering	10	44	4	24	95	114	25	66	16	50
U. of California at Los Angeles Civil Engineering	14	60	9	63	108	121	33	75	10	34
U. of California at San Diego Structural Engineering	4	31	4	28	61	103	122	127	16	68
U. of Central Florida Civil Engineering	89	123	66	125	30	86	38	84	36	86
U. of Central Florida Environmental Engineering	12	72	7	71	4	25	98	123	49	101
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Civil Engineering	21	75	11	67	15	80	91	118	78	121
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Environmental Engineering	3	19	3	19	4	29	27	76	17	53
U. of Colorado at Boulder Civil Engineering	17	54	17	78	29	69	78	110	7	16
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Civil Engineering	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Connec- ticut Civil Engineering Ph.D.	65	120	42	116	9	62	92	121	68	121
U. of Connec- ticut Environmental Engineering Ph.D.	30	91	26	99	38	93	7	20	35	81
U. of Delaware Civil Engineering	12	52	6	43	69	105	43	94	31	76
U. of Florida Civil Engineering	60	114	66	123	53	99	51	99	20	46
U. of Florida Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering	33	99	29	110	13	75	116	126	36	90
U. of Florida Environmental Engineering Sciences	14	64	7	54	75	109	20	54	22	62
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Civil & Environmental Engineering	89	124	52	118	20	92	70	118	79	122
U. of Houston main campus Civil Engineering	33	96	18	81	80	113	20	63	47	103
U. of Illinois at Chicago Civil Engineering	58	117	23	97	67	106	51	104	69	120
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Civil Engineering	10	48	14	74	89	116	51	101	2	7
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Environmental Engineering and Science	9	46	4	24	126	129	19	54	20	84
U. of Iowa Civil And Environmental Engineering	31	79	24	87	7	39	82	118	23	58
U. of Kansas Civil And Environmental Engineering	58	114	55	122	10	47	38	92	43	93
U. of Kentucky Civil Engineering	52	104	71	121	5	49	76	116	58	115
U. of Louisville Civil Engineering	63	111	99	128	2	13	119	127	126	130
U. of Maryland at College Park Civil Engineering	33	87	27	96	63	100	15	36	14	40
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Civil Engineering	37	96	44	119	12	59	14	37	57	104
U. of Memphis Engineering Civil Concentration	114	127	119	130	15	82	115	126	100	128
U. of Miami Civil Engineering	103	126	67	119	109	127	6	16	70	125
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Civil Engineering	34	87	38	103	72	107	6	18	10	31
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Environmental Engineering	5	26	5	31	39	93	3	9	14	48
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Civil Engineering	14	54	12	62	5	37	59	104	29	70
U. of Missouri at Columbia Civil Engineering	57	118	40	120	23	84	5	17	66	121
U. of Missouri at Rolla Civil Engineering	83	123	59	122	116	125	42	90	29	83
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Civil Engineering	48	113	45	113	41	105	9	32	63	117
U. of Nevada at Reno Civil And Environmental Engineering	48	117	30	111	45	109	103	124	50	113
U. of New Hampshire Civil Engineering	47	114	28	111	52	91	6	17	87	124
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Civil Engineering	52	115	53	122	24	111	98	120	91	128
U. of Notre Dame Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences	6	31	4	24	6	43	39	92	31	95
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Civil Engineering	49	115	34	114	62	106	83	117	60	105
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Civil Engineering	42	100	40	104	25	92	11	36	26	77
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Civil And Environmental Engineering	84	124	45	119	33	89	41	88	46	110
U. of South Florida Civil And Environmental Engineering	76	119	75	124	72	113	14	35	33	87
U. of Southern California Civil Engineering	85	119	52	106	90	114	54	102	25	70
U. of Southern California Engineering (Environmental Engineering)	13	74	7	59	10	59	66	114	34	95
U. of Tennessee Civil Engineering	31	95	60	121	4	65	35	88	30	105
U. of Texas at Austin Civil Engineering	8	46	27	103	10	38	125	128	1	6
U. of Toledo Civil Engineering	89	125	73	127	60	113	56	107	73	120
U. of Utah Civil Engineering	116	128	103	129	38	90	62	112	67	115
U. of Vermont Civil And Environmental Engineering	5	35	24	106	2	15	3	11	81	123
U. of Virginia Civil Engineering	34	92	38	106	74	111	58	106	16	41
U. of Washing- ton Civil And Environmental Engineering	29	83	19	77	101	118	84	118	47	92
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Civil And Environmental Engineering	8	40	8	59	57	96	30	72	7	16
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Environmental Chemistry and Technology	11	43	5	30	20	75	101	123	65	121
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Geological Engineering	41	113	8	48	109	125	124	129	48	119
U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Engineering	126	129	114	129	128	130	43	88	45	108
Utah State U. Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENG)	51	114	31	104	37	103	95	121	36	100
Vanderbilt U. Civil Engineering	69	116	73	122	8	50	63	105	70	110
Vanderbilt U. Environmental Engineering	44	107	38	109	8	74	22	77	52	115
Virginia Tech Civil Engineering	16	58	25	97	85	110	63	102	8	20
Washing- ton State U. Biological Systems Engineering	7	35	10	69	46	92	3	8	19	72
Washing- ton State U. Civil And Environmental Engineering	27	85	21	88	52	103	35	82	31	77
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Civil Engineering	21	75	29	112	4	56	5	16	68	125
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Environmental Engineering Science	6	36	6	45	11	56	80	120	63	111
Wayne State U. Civil Engineering	130	130	120	130	117	124	67	116	127	130
Yale U. Environmental Engineering	1	2	1	1	24	73	100	124	23	91
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.