Bachelor's · Engineering

Civil Engineering (Bachelor's): earnings by school

252 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$72,633
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$85,076
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$21,594
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 234 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $81,065 and $89,653. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of California-Berkeley CA$84,461$108,548$11,634
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY—$108,466—
Columbia University in the City of New York NY—$108,246—
University of Southern California CA$81,387$106,308$18,817
Santa Clara University CA—$105,594$21,500
Carnegie Mellon University PA$79,750$105,199$21,000
Loyola Marymount University CA$77,889$103,223—
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$79,454$101,072$16,667
George Washington University DC—$100,990—
Northeastern University MA$79,302$100,613$19,500
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$78,525$97,790$14,500
California State University-Northridge CA$72,768$97,123$17,625
University of California-Los Angeles CA$80,840$97,092$11,471
University of California-Irvine CA$73,616$96,354$12,000
University of California-Davis CA$76,288$95,939$12,302
Manhattan University NY$78,747$95,877$27,000
San Diego State University CA$74,131$95,865$16,421
California State University-Fullerton CA$73,973$95,854$11,000
Bucknell University PA$78,367$95,693$24,125
The University of Texas at Austin TX$75,173$95,271$18,500
University of Colorado Boulder CO$75,607$94,960$12,500
New York University NY$71,920$94,867$17,500
California State University-Los Angeles CA$67,271$94,760$14,406
Colorado School of Mines CO$78,412$94,228$22,905
The College of New Jersey NJ$74,723$93,977$24,375
California State University-Sacramento CA$74,474$93,973$16,500
George Mason University VA$77,783$93,856$15,581
The Catholic University of America DC$76,799$93,821—
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA$73,396$93,417$27,000
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA$79,309$93,402$24,500
University of Maryland-College Park MD$76,343$93,280$16,425
Stony Brook University NY$73,643$92,908$15,625
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$72,499$92,809$27,000
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$78,905$92,609$27,000
California State University-Chico CA$81,083$92,472$17,375
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$77,612$92,433$15,000
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$78,330$92,224$25,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$75,992$92,010$11,987
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA$75,992$92,010$11,987
Washington State University WA$74,997$91,879$19,250
Lehigh University PA$75,104$91,856$25,000
University of California-San Diego CA$69,754$91,745$17,500
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$75,360$91,651$17,192
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$78,644$91,650$17,149
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN$74,197$91,615$17,748
University of Arizona AZ$79,234$91,602—
Cornell University NY$78,367$91,242—
San Francisco State University CA$82,059$90,894$21,250
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$76,175$90,873$19,500
Merrimack College MA$77,981$90,714$27,000
Michigan State University MI$71,474$90,650$20,000
University of the Pacific CA$76,334$90,510$23,558
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$73,108$90,474$24,753
California Baptist University CA$74,368$90,251$26,000
Roger Williams University RI—$90,146—
Texas Tech University TX$77,123$89,969$24,250
Oregon State University OR$73,900$89,822$19,500
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$73,900$89,822$19,500
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$71,503$89,653$24,000
University of Houston TX$78,027$89,653$17,750
California State University-Long Beach CA$77,361$89,457$13,750
University of Portland OR$75,015$89,448$20,000
Lamar University TX$71,088$89,250$22,600
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$74,172$89,233$21,771
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$73,155$89,165$14,468
University of Kansas KS$75,378$89,087$21,508
Syracuse University NY$78,596$88,996$22,236
Tufts University MA—$88,924—
Morgan State University MD$63,305$88,870$26,000
Northern Arizona University AZ$70,208$88,184$18,638
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN$79,432$88,155$26,000
Marquette University WI$77,131$88,144$24,273
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$76,438$88,142$21,500
The University of Texas at Tyler TX$70,289$88,102$18,547
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$73,437$88,076$23,389
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$73,422$88,001$23,988
CUNY City College NY$75,489$87,957—
Illinois Institute of Technology IL$78,659$87,884$27,000
University of Connecticut CT$73,952$87,883$21,594
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$73,952$87,883$21,594
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$73,952$87,883$21,594
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$73,952$87,883$21,594
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$73,952$87,883$21,594
University of North Dakota ND$75,130$87,828$27,500
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$71,989$87,691$18,500
The University of Alabama AL$74,598$87,685$22,625
University of Georgia GA$72,779$87,684$18,744
California State University-Fresno CA$74,082$87,627$12,125
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$73,729$87,557$19,899
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$71,724$87,389$20,500
Central Connecticut State University CT$72,324$87,366—
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$70,347$87,286$20,029
University of Delaware DE$73,340$87,015$27,000
Gonzaga University WA$76,858$86,942$19,500
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$70,835$86,890$22,000
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$75,270$86,844$16,511
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK—$86,819—
University of Central Florida FL$73,195$86,803$15,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$74,148$86,794$26,000
Florida Institute of Technology FL—$86,536—
University of Florida FL$76,353$86,453$11,500
Western New England University MA$67,873$86,375$26,000
University of Idaho ID$71,256$86,310—
University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA$68,528$86,128$29,125
Portland State University OR$74,330$86,084$19,400
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL$69,762$85,969$20,025
Utah State University UT$78,316$85,815$12,500
University of Notre Dame IN$76,811$85,781$15,250
University of Alaska Anchorage AK$68,604$85,650—
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$71,816$85,627$20,500
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$72,357$85,568$20,259
Iowa State University IA$75,489$85,427$21,500
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$76,385$85,332$23,770
Saint Martin's University WA$75,875$85,276—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$70,683$85,202$20,090
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$85,133$16,901
University of Utah UT$76,561$85,097$14,566
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$71,098$85,055—
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO$72,196$85,053$19,500
Drexel University PA$76,518$84,992$29,250
Clemson University SC$71,965$84,873$23,250
University at Buffalo NY$70,094$84,868$19,500
University of South Florida FL$71,783$84,789$13,750
Florida Atlantic University FL$72,238$84,778$17,250
University of Hartford CT$67,426$84,614$26,000
Florida International University FL$70,613$84,523$13,750
Purdue University Northwest IN$75,216$84,514$19,664
Florida Gulf Coast University FL$69,357$84,451$23,980
Florida State University FL$70,512$84,340$15,456
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$73,372$84,166$25,992
Wayne State University MI$71,462$84,157$23,799
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$71,556$84,148$20,897
Prairie View A & M University TX$73,343$84,082—
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND$70,878$83,992$25,037
Michigan Technological University MI$73,902$83,841$23,750
Bradley University IL$75,587$83,801$27,000
University of New Haven CT$74,478$83,798$27,000
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$75,653$83,684$19,500
University of Illinois Chicago IL$72,240$83,680$18,000
University of Dayton OH$74,176$83,460$17,500
Kansas State University KS$76,680$83,453$19,500
University of Iowa IA$70,997$83,350$26,494
Lawrence Technological University MI$78,828$83,291$28,750
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$70,840$83,289$21,000
Arkansas State University AR—$83,270—
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$73,312$83,233$24,375
University of Wyoming WY$68,309$83,184$20,500
Kennesaw State University GA$71,532$83,012$18,079
Montana State University MT$72,660$82,785$21,500
Vanderbilt University TN—$82,744—
Old Dominion University VA$66,849$82,703$21,861
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$69,470$82,653$24,625
Temple University PA$71,963$82,553$25,000
University of Akron Main Campus OH$69,654$82,547$17,470
South Dakota State University SD$73,129$82,486$23,844
Clarkson University NY$73,487$82,387$26,731
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$74,471$82,281$20,500
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV$68,472$82,117$23,507
West Virginia University WV$68,472$82,117$23,507
University of Wisconsin-Platteville WI$72,633$81,976$23,000
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM$67,577$81,933$15,767
Brigham Young University UT$73,238$81,928$13,305
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$66,300$81,888—
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE$68,944$81,620$20,500
Seattle University WA$79,903$81,559—
Louisiana Tech University LA$66,921$81,524$27,021
Boise State University ID$70,521$81,405$23,125
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley PA$70,399$81,403$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona PA$70,399$81,403$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA$70,399$81,403$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine PA$70,399$81,403$25,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$70,399$81,403$25,000
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$71,777$81,305—
Mississippi State University MS$65,781$81,203$21,500
University of Nevada-Reno NV$75,242$81,201$18,750
LeTourneau University TX—$81,065—
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC$65,435$81,055$15,750
Villanova University PA$75,602$81,038$26,000
University of Kentucky KY$66,518$81,031$15,000
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$68,237$81,019$27,442
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$69,944$80,958$19,280
University of New Orleans LA$63,813$80,704$18,816
University of Louisville KY$68,654$80,681$18,945
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD$69,136$80,613$25,500
University of Evansville IN—$80,532—
Youngstown State University OH$66,511$80,437$23,000
Valparaiso University IN$75,457$80,173$27,000
Widener University PA$71,790$80,117$27,000
Case Western Reserve University OH$71,437$79,980$23,415
University of Arkansas AR$68,636$79,929$23,750
University of Toledo OH$71,133$79,886$15,000
Auburn University AL$71,750$79,778$20,000
Ohio Northern University OH$72,540$79,673$23,500
University of Memphis TN$66,911$79,598$21,000
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$70,447$79,485$25,596
University of Rhode Island RI$72,784$79,457$23,842
Lafayette College PA$79,405——
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA$68,371$79,051$27,000
University of Maine ME$71,786$78,989$24,537
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL$65,663$78,858$23,210
Rowan University NJ$70,307$78,834$20,000
Jackson State University MS$58,578$78,824$25,425
Trine University IN$70,526$78,808$27,000
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE$70,321$78,663$26,250
Tennessee Technological University TN$71,157$78,646$18,743
Western Michigan University MI$72,978$78,368$27,000
University of South Alabama AL$64,256$78,187$23,125
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL$71,795$78,054$24,792
Georgia Southern University GA$72,128$78,034$16,500
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$68,502$77,958$19,125
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA$71,195$77,608$27,000
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$71,195$77,608$27,000
University of North Florida FL$68,004$77,498$10,675
University of Vermont VT$64,922$77,342$20,500
Virginia Military Institute VA$56,515$76,991$24,390
Montana Technological University MT$76,902—$24,190
Oregon Institute of Technology OR$66,423$76,642—
North Carolina A & T State University NC$72,949$76,508$26,792
The University of Texas at El Paso TX$62,525$75,882$19,151
Western Kentucky University KY$65,983$75,732$22,672
Norwich University VT—$75,713$25,500
SUNY Polytechnic Institute NY$63,911$75,078$15,000
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX$62,453$75,033$24,870
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM$75,027——
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN$72,766$74,989$28,500
Hofstra University NY$74,984——
York College of Pennsylvania PA$74,783—$25,075
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$69,181$74,115$14,150
Quinnipiac University CT$73,753—$25,500
Cleveland State University OH$65,829$73,575$23,875
Howard University DC$73,471——
Utah Valley University UT$73,465——
University of St Thomas MN$72,150—$22,000
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$58,788$71,848$10,000
Texas Southern University TX—$71,595$31,000
Saint Louis University MO$70,888——
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID$69,611—$16,227
University of Mississippi MS$69,129——
Angelo State University TX$68,344——
Southern University and A & M College LA$69,334$68,016$34,535
Southern University Law Center LA$69,334$68,016$34,535
Tennessee State University TN$66,341——
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA$64,327—$25,702
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR$41,660$63,091$11,000
West Texas A & M University TX$60,581——
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$37,594—$24,166
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando FL$37,594—$24,166