Master's · Engineering

Civil Engineering (Master's): earnings by school

94 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$84,832
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$96,805
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$30,958
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 82 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $91,116 and $104,388. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
University of Southern California CA—$130,675—
California State University-Los Angeles CA—$120,651—
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$92,539$120,234—
Manhattan University NY$93,386$119,967—
University of California-San Diego CA$86,550$112,223$31,167
Stanford University CA$88,016$112,118$49,079
Johns Hopkins University MD—$111,986—
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$83,275$111,924$41,000
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$94,479$110,863—
Mississippi State University MS—$110,821—
Wayne State University MI—$108,995—
California State University-Fullerton CA$87,852$108,826—
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$91,221$108,638—
Villanova University PA$93,221$108,449—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$87,793$108,274$40,095
California State University-Sacramento CA—$108,193—
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ$93,238$107,682$30,500
University of California-Davis CA$88,734$106,894—
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$88,628$106,004—
University of Kansas KS$89,357$105,565—
California State University-Long Beach CA$105,034——
California State University-Northridge CA$99,276$104,388—
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX—$103,805—
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA—$103,788—
University of California-Los Angeles CA$84,398$103,685—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$88,020$103,656$27,336
George Mason University VA$102,677$103,586—
Brigham Young University UT$86,711$103,440—
University of Alaska Anchorage AK—$103,070—
Northeastern University MA$84,714$100,767—
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA$83,146$99,698—
New York University NY$88,930$99,685—
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA—$99,226—
The University of Texas at Austin TX$84,502$99,079—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI—$99,050—
Oregon State University OR$85,627$98,705—
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$85,627$98,705—
University of Colorado Boulder CO$79,539$98,355—
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$86,826$97,552—
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$83,109$96,956$30,750
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO—$96,926—
Auburn University AL—$96,904—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$82,970$96,706—
Illinois Institute of Technology IL—$96,477—
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV—$95,788—
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$85,215$95,761$21,765
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ—$95,706—
Iowa State University IA$77,995$95,102—
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$86,513$94,416$20,500
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$75,485$94,025—
Drexel University PA$81,103$93,155—
Portland State University OR$95,050$93,150—
Colorado School of Mines CO$76,905$93,132—
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH—$92,821—
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO$84,096$92,698—
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$91,468$92,506$31,828
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH—$92,478—
California State University-Fresno CA$92,421——
Florida Atlantic University FL—$92,145—
Lehigh University PA$80,862$92,139—
Kennesaw State University GA$92,056——
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$78,481$91,867—
Norwich University VT$93,064$91,857—
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$91,572——
University of Kentucky KY—$91,461—
University of Florida FL$83,324$91,116—
University at Buffalo NY$77,117$90,707—
Texas Tech University TX—$90,540—
Utah State University UT$76,722$90,415—
Cornell University NY$88,428$90,197—
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$93,232$90,072—
University of Idaho ID—$89,624—
Clemson University SC$76,290$89,331—
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$77,890$88,619—
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$80,386$88,162—
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$81,733$87,908—
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA—$87,779—
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM—$87,709—
University of Illinois Chicago IL$89,572$86,593—
Michigan Technological University MI$84,951$86,535—
University of Delaware DE$83,551$85,704—
University of South Florida FL—$85,380—
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR$67,799$83,272—
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD$74,097$83,155—
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$81,304——
University of Louisville KY$72,425$81,217—
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$81,191——
University of Nevada-Reno NV—$80,151—
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$79,324——
Cleveland State University OH$77,677——
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$76,771——
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$73,936——
Carnegie Mellon University PA$73,181——
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico PR$64,557——