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Through video games, budding engineers now have the ability to build cities and worlds from a young age.
And they can apply those skills — learned through games like “Minecraft” — in the real world. Civil engineers play important roles in crafting cities and designing bridges, roads and more.
For those interested in preparing to enter this career field, here are the 10 Best Graduate Civil Engineering Programs.
Updated May 17, 2018: This slideshow has been updated to include ranks and data from the 2019 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings.
10. Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Pittsburgh
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 6
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7 (tie). Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 1
Learn more about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
7 (tie). University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 4 (tie)
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7 (tie). Virginia Tech
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 30 (tie)
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6. Purdue University–West Lafayette
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 7
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2 (tie). Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 8
Learn more about Georgia Tech.
2 (tie). Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 2
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2 (tie). University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Location: Urbana, Illinois
U.S News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 9
Learn more about the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.
2 (tie). University of Texas–Austin (Cockrell)
Location: Austin, Texas
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 10 (tie)
Learn more about the Cockrell School of Engineering.
1. University of California–Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California
U.S. News Best Graduate Engineering Schools rank: 3
Learn more about the University of California–Berkeley.
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