For more than 20 years, the department has hovered at or near the top spot in the civil engineering category. Last year was an exception, when the civil engineering program was ranked number six. This year’s rankings show a return to normal.
Overall, The Grainger College of Engineering undergraduate engineering program ranked sixth in the category, Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (tied with Carnegie Mellon and University of Michigan). Ten engineering programs at Illinois, including civil and environmental, ranked in the top ten.
Graduate program rankings are announced in the spring. See more CEE rankings and statistics here.