2025 Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you pursue a doctor's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #29 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 41 doctor's degrees in civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on civil engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of civil engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for civil engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Civil Engineering in Indiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in civil engineering.

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Civil Eng

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

16 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from University of Notre Dame

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

25 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in civil engineering needs to check out Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in civil engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	53
Michigan	149	36
Ohio	144	25
Wisconsin	108	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Eng

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	41

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	102
Electrical Engineering	75
Chemical Engineering	48
Materials Engineering	35
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	34
Biomedical Engineering	28
Agricultural Engineering	15
Other Engineering	15
Industrial Engineering	13
Computer Engineering	12

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.