6 fee-waived PhD programs in Civil Engineering — US

6 programs for a PhD in Civil Engineering in the US that answer which programs in this group cost nothing to apply to. Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.

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Every program here either offers an application-fee waiver or charges no application fee.

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Complete Program List6 programs

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

First programs in this cohort
RankUniversityProgramDuration
#6University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials60 months
#13Cornell UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering60 months
#19University of Michigan--Ann ArborPhD in Civil Engineering
#41University of Illinois--Urbana-ChampaignDoctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering72 months
#55University of VirginiaDoctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Clemson UniversityDoctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering60 months

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