2025 Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Civil Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 193 doctor's degrees in civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of civil engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality civil eng program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to civil engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other civil engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt civil engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for civil engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Civil Engineering in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for civil engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Civil Eng

1

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

23 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Stanford University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from Stanford University

2

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

33 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in civil engineering. UC Davis is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Davis.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of California - Davis

3

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

19 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in civil engineering. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

4

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

36 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of California - Berkeley

5

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

14 Annual Graduates

UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of California - Los Angeles

6

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

14 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of California - Irvine

7

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

11 Annual Graduates

Wazzu is a fairly large public university located in the town of Pullman.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from Washington State University

Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	118
Washington	122	31
Oregon	107	21
Nevada	84	15
Hawaii	53	4

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Civil Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	172
Structural Engineering	9
Civil Engineering	8
Trasportation Engineering	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Civil Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	409
Mechanical Engineering	276
Biomedical Engineering	230
Chemical Engineering	169
Materials Engineering	139
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	51
Computer Engineering	51
Other Engineering	39
Agricultural Engineering	20
Industrial Engineering	19

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.