The quality of an civil engineering online courses can be hard to determine. Unlike brick-and-mortar schools, you can visit no campus buildings or administrators to get a sense of the program.

You get forced to rely on the information available in an online civil engineering program's course catalogue, website and student testimonials. Unfortunately, this can leave you wondering whether the course is worth your money.

The good news is that you can use several different criteria to evaluate the quality of an online civil engineering program. If you're considering taking courses in the field, these are some factors you should consider.