PhD in Civil Engineering: 119 US programs compared

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1
Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 2
Annual tuition
$67,686
Program duration
72 months
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD in Materials, Structures and Geomechanics
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$66,720
Program duration
60 months
3
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 30
Annual tuition
$65,210
Program duration
60 months
4
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$13,140
Program duration
60 months
5
California Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$68,574
Program duration
36 months
6
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Application deadline
Oct 1
Annual tuition
$28,420
Program duration
72 months
7
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Program duration
60 months
8
Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Systems Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 31
Annual tuition
$66,670
9
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$36,297
10
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
PhD in Civil Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$31,898

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The complete list of Civil Engineering PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
Rank	University	Program	Duration
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	72 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering and Geomechanics	72 months
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Design and Construction	72 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Transportation	60 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Masters of Science (SM) & Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	72 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	PhD in Materials, Structures and Geomechanics	60 months
#4	Princeton University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil and Environmental Engineering	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in GeoSystems Engineering
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Engineering	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Engineering	48 months
#9	California Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	36 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics	72 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Systems Engineering
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	PhD in Civil Engineering
#21	Carnegie Mellon University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#22	Duke University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil & Environmental Engineering
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Geotechnical Engineering	60 months
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanics, Materials, and Structures
#23	Northwestern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Systems Analysis & Planning	60 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	72 months
#24	New York University	Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Planning and Engineering	60 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctorate of Philosophy in Civil & Environmental Engineering	60 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Structural	84 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering	84 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy (Doctorate) degree in Civil Engineering
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Construction Engineering and Project Management
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	PhD in Geotechnical Engineering
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Building Construction	72 months
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	PhD in Civil Engineering	60 months
#34	Rice University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	72 months
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	PhD in Architectural Engineering
#41	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	Civil Engineering PhD	48 months
#41	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	72 months
#42	University of Southern California	PhD in Civil Engineering	72 months
#52	Vanderbilt University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
#55	University of Virginia	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#55	University of Virginia	Doctor of Philosophy in the Constructed Environment
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	64 months
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Technology and Policy
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil engineering
#65	University of California--Irvine	Civil Engineering PhD	84 months
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#65	University of California--Irvine	Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Science	60 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#77	University of Notre Dame	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences	48 months
#78	Tufts University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#84	University of Massachusetts--Amherst	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#91	Michigan State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Engineering in Ocean Engineering
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
#96	University of Florida	Construction Management PhD	48 months
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering
#98	Virginia Tech	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#114	North Carolina State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Engineering	72 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	PhD in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)	60 months
#175	Arizona State University	Construction Management, PhD
#183	University of Illinois--Chicago	PhD in Civil Engineering
#191	University of Connecticut	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
#201–250	Northeastern University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#251–300	Stony Brook University--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#251–300	University of Miami	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
#301–400	George Washington University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	72 months
#301–400	University at Buffalo--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#301–400	Iowa State University	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering	48 months
#301–400	University of Kansas	PhD degree in Civil Engineering (Construction engineering and management)
#301–400	University of Iowa	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering	36 months
#401–500	Florida State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#401–500	Washington State University	PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
#401–500	University of Delaware	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
#401–500	University of Delaware	Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering
	Auburn University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	72 months
	Clemson University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
	Colorado School of Mines	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Colorado School of Mines	Doctor of Philosophy in Underground Construction and Tunneling
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Engineering
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	72 months
	Illinois Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	24 months
	Lehigh University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
	Lehigh University	Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering
	Marquette University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
	Michigan Technological University	PhD in Civil Engineering
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Remaining programs in this cohort
University	Program	Duration
Saint Louis University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Southern Methodist University	Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD
Stevens Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Construction Management
Syracuse University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering	60 months
The University of New Mexico	PhD in Engineering (PhD-ENG)
University of Cincinnati	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
University of Colorado--Denver	PhD in Civil Engineering
University of Mississippi	PhD in Engineering Science-Emphasis in Civil Engineering
University of New Hampshire	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
University of New Hampshire	Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering	5 years full-time
University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Geotechnical
University of Oklahoma	Doctor of Philosophy in Planning, Design and Construction
University of Texas at San Antonio	Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Vermont	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Villanova University	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering

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