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Best Colleges for Civil Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 94 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Texas at Austin TX $76,807 $98,459 $123,649 $106,904
2 Texas A&M University TX $76,143 $98,317 $126,019 $106,750
3 University of Houston TX $76,774 $96,499 $126,300 $104,776
4 City College of New York - CUNY NY $72,216 $95,939 $120,004 $72,681
5 University of Georgia GA $71,060 $94,637 $104,571
6 University of Connecticut CT $73,551 $94,574 $120,228 $82,024
7 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $72,162 $94,007 $118,631 $102,404
8 Lamar University TX $71,406 $93,834 $131,474 $101,883
9 Texas Tech University TX $73,523 $93,698 $123,029 $101,735
10 University of Virginia VA $71,639 $93,319 $117,043 $91,043
11 University of Texas at Arlington TX $73,211 $91,518 $114,062 $99,368
12 University of Hartford CT $70,135 $91,518 $112,107 $79,374
13 University of Arizona (The) AZ $71,662 $90,972 $110,004 $85,420
14 Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $69,262 $90,610 $120,477 $98,169
15 University of Colorado Boulder CO $66,613 $90,372 $108,722 $85,987
16 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN $76,251 $90,219 $99,800
17 University of Texas at Tyler TX $72,900 $90,181 $108,190 $97,916
18 University of Michigan MI $61,910 $90,151 $113,811 $98,526
19 University of Texas at San Antonio TX $71,355 $89,849 $111,477 $97,556
20 George Mason University VA $68,078 $89,638 $110,284 $87,452

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.