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2026 Best General Civil Engineering Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges in the United States
64 General Civil Engineering Degrees Awarded
$68,728 Avg Early-Career Salary

General Civil Engineering is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their general civil engineering programs.

For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general civil engineering students pursuing a degree.

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Best Schools for General Civil Engineering in Rhode Island

If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general civil engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in General Civil Engineering

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No school ranked higher than University Of Rhode Island this year for general civil engineering. Located in the suburb of Kingston, University Of Rhode Island is a very large public university. About 72% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 64 general civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at University Of Rhode Island in the most recent data year. Students who receive their general civil engineering degree from University Of Rhode Island earn around $68,728 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $24,708 to complete this degree. Get the full general civil engineering details for University Of Rhode Island

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 3 schools evaluated.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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