Civil and Environmental Graduate Programs Among Top 20

The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) is proud to announce that the graduate rankings of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences have risen.

According to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools, the Civil Engineering graduate program is now ranked No. 18 among best public graduate programs, moving up two spots from the previous ranking. The Environmental program jumped four spots, moving to No. 20 among publics.

“ESSIE continues to improve upon various metrics widely used to assess productivity,” said Kirk Hatfield, ESSIE Director. “It is truly a tale of faculty and staff working effectively as a team and they deserve all the credit.”

All 12 programs in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering rank among the top 20 of public institutions.

For further information on UF graduate school rankings, visit http://news.ufl.edu/2019/03/usnwr-grad-rankings.

The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) is a school within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. The School is comprised of the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. There are 13 areas of research between both departments.