Bachelor's degree · Engineering · CIP 14.08
Civil Engineering: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 309 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering, together awarding 13,644 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $72,774 one year after finishing and $89,937 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
309
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
13,644
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$72,774
218 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$89,937
216 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$23,000
205 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Civil Engineering
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 265 | $78,525 | $104,660 | $15,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 233 | $77,612 | $98,784 | $15,000 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 215 | $76,438 | $92,241 | $22,875 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 189 | $78,644 | $96,656 | $17,500 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 165 | $70,399 | $86,403 | $26,000 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark · Public | NJ | 164 | $71,724 | $91,535 | $21,500 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 156 | $74,474 | $99,258 | $18,240 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 155 | $76,175 | $95,867 | $20,500 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 149 | $71,965 | $87,474 | $24,875 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 145 | $73,195 | $89,865 | $17,398 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 144 | $74,131 | $101,091 | $16,421 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 135 | $70,094 | $86,190 | $21,500 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 132 | $77,361 | $98,948 | $15,157 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 126 | $79,454 | $106,910 | $17,066 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 121 | $75,173 | $95,058 | $18,593 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 119 | $70,683 | $90,404 | $20,734 |
| Florida International University Miami · Public | FL | 118 | $70,613 | $91,584 | $16,125 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 118 | $76,343 | $96,370 | $17,212 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 115 | $74,172 | $94,274 | $23,250 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 115 | $71,750 | $85,582 | $23,250 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 115 | $72,357 | $91,996 | $20,500 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 114 | $75,270 | $91,356 | $18,834 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 113 | $76,288 | $106,427 | $12,000 |
| Florida State University Tallahassee · Public | FL | 112 | $70,512 | $92,488 | $15,240 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 112 | n/a | $95,670 | $22,062 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 112 | $84,461 | $115,685 | $11,817 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 110 | $70,840 | $88,283 | $22,369 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla · Public | MO | 107 | $72,196 | $90,931 | $19,889 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 107 | $77,123 | $93,825 | $27,000 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 105 | $65,781 | $86,798 | $22,000 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · Public | TX | 105 | $58,788 | $75,070 | $11,250 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 104 | $76,353 | $96,140 | $11,250 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 99 | $71,532 | $89,907 | $25,000 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 98 | $74,598 | $94,378 | $23,369 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 97 | $73,437 | $89,879 | $26,291 |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 96 | $75,489 | $87,440 | $22,000 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 96 | n/a | $109,028 | $14,750 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 96 | $69,944 | $90,542 | $19,692 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 96 | $69,754 | $101,732 | $17,560 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 96 | $72,240 | $88,728 | $18,750 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 95 | $73,900 | $92,459 | $19,749 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 92 | $73,973 | $94,822 | $11,000 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 90 | $80,840 | $104,260 | $11,471 |
| Manhattan University Riverdale · Private nonprofit | NY | 89 | $78,747 | $100,946 | $27,000 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 89 | $73,372 | $89,659 | $28,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 89 | $71,989 | $96,329 | $18,000 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 88 | $72,768 | $106,167 | $17,625 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 87 | $71,474 | $94,449 | $20,000 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso · Public | TX | 87 | $62,525 | $77,904 | $18,240 |
| Northeastern University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 84 | $79,302 | $104,927 | $19,500 |
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Quick facts: Civil Engineering
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering?
- The College Scorecard lists 309 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering.
- How much do Civil Engineering graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $72,774 one year after graduation (218 institutions reporting) and $89,937 five years after graduation (216 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Civil Engineering graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of California-Berkeley ($115,685), University of Southern California ($112,881), Santa Clara University ($110,396), Stevens Institute of Technology ($110,095), and San Jose State University ($109,028).
- How much student debt do Civil Engineering graduates have?
- The median institution's Civil Engineering graduates leave with $23,000 in federal student loans (205 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Civil Engineering degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (265), Texas A&M University-College Station (233), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (215), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (189), and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (165).
Related majors in engineering
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Construction Engineering
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering Science
- Engineering, General
- Engineering, Other
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- All majors
How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Civil Engineering (CIP code 14.08), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.