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CIP 14.0801 Engineering

Civil Engineering, General

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

19,026

2025 · 307 schools

International share

18.2%

3,458 international students

Bachelor's degrees

13,336

4.7% international

Master's degrees

4,449

45.4% international

Overview

Civil Engineering is a broad field that focuses on the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment. This includes infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, dams, buildings, and water supply systems. Civil engineers play a crucial role in shaping the environment and ensuring the safety and functionality of structures that support everyday life.

The curriculum for general civil engineering typically covers a wide range of subjects, including structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, and hydraulic engineering. Students are trained in the principles of mathematics, physics, and materials science, which are essential for problem-solving in real-world scenarios. Practical experience is often emphasized, with many programs offering internships or cooperative education opportunities that allow students to work on actual engineering projects.

Civil engineers must also be proficient in using various software tools for modeling and simulation, as well as understanding regulations and standards that govern construction practices. The profession requires strong analytical skills, creativity, and effective communication abilities, as engineers often work in teams and must convey complex ideas to clients and stakeholders.

Job prospects for civil engineers are generally strong, with opportunities in both the public and private sectors. They are involved in a variety of projects that aim to improve infrastructure, promote sustainability, and enhance the resilience of communities against environmental challenges. Overall, civil engineering is a rewarding field that combines technical expertise with significant societal impact.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates grew 66% and the international share went from 16.0% to 18.2%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
47.4%
Asian
8.7%
Hispanic
16.1%
Black
3.9%
Other
5.8%
Intl.
18.2%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 307 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts 38 17
#2 Princeton University New Jersey 57 21
#5 Stanford University California 204 99
#8 Duke University North Carolina 38 9
#9 Northwestern University Illinois 69 23
#9 Johns Hopkins University Maryland 33 12
#12 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 133 98
#14 Cornell University New York 100 40
#14 Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 93 37
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 40 14
#16 Rice University Texas 26 8
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 376 145
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 185 55
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 51 10
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 71 21
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 72 4
#27 University of Southern California California 23 12
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Georgia 223 58
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 43 8
#31 New York University New York 51 21
#34 University of California-Davis California 181 23
#34 University of California-Irvine California 121 29
#34 University of Florida Florida 177 24
#34 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois 343 154
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 242 66
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 102 20
#42 Northeastern University Massachusetts 161 45
#42 Villanova University Pennsylvania 80 3
#44 Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Jersey 99 13
#44 Case Western Reserve University Ohio 29 6
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 150 15
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 44 6
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 111 15
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 184 22
#52 University of Georgia Georgia 79 1
#52 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia 334 55
#55 Santa Clara University California 30 1
#55 University of Miami Florida 16 11
#55 The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania 215 25
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 354 102
#59 George Washington University D.C. 28 8
#59 Florida State University Florida 145 26
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 84 17
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 75 16
#59 Stevens Institute of Technology New Jersey 75 14
#59 Stony Brook University New York 50 5
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 97 12
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 353 79
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 140 23
#69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 62 4
#69 University of California-Merced California 28 0
#72 Syracuse University New York 53 11
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 73 10
#73 Howard University D.C. 25 6
#73 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts 58 1
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 198 30
#80 Colorado School of Mines Colorado 124 9
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 51 3
#80 Clemson University South Carolina 199 18
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 81 15
#85 New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey 163 25
#85 University at Buffalo New York 120 18
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 19 2
#90 Gonzaga University Washington 38 1
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 28 2
#95 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois 112 31
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 95 8
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 52 1
#100 Auburn University Alabama 159 23
#100 Florida International University Florida 160 40
#100 University of South Florida-Main Campus Florida 137 43
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 50 1
#100 Saint Louis University Missouri 17 2
#109 Loyola Marymount University California 19 6
#109 University of Colorado Boulder Colorado 116 18
#109 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus New Hampshire 61 10
#109 Temple University Pennsylvania 29 2
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 128 11
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 150 35
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 83 6
#116 Brigham Young University-Provo Utah 100 7
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 182 43
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 35 1
#121 University of the Pacific California 13 2
#121 University of Central Florida Florida 183 30
#121 Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois 35 6
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 99 50
#121 University of South Carolina-Columbia South Carolina 84 7
#121 George Mason University Virginia 130 24
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 53 4
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 53 22
#137 California State University--Long Beach California 172 52
#137 San Diego State University California 177 10
#137 San Jose State University California 136 17
#137 Clarkson University New York 71 11
#137 University of Houston Texas 115 43
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 76 2
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 27 9
#148 Mercer University Georgia 8 0
#148 University of Kansas Kansas 74 22
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 72 8
#148 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Massachusetts 91 8
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 57 8
#156 The University of Alabama Alabama 103 19
#156 California State University-Fullerton California 126 18
#156 Quinnipiac University Connecticut 14 0
#156 Florida A&M University Florida 24 0
#156 Kansas State University Kansas 56 9
#156 University of St Thomas (MN) Minnesota 14 2
#156 CUNY--City College New York 36 10
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 151 19
#156 University of Portland Oregon 24 0
#169 Colorado State University-Fort Collins Colorado 104 15
#169 Bradley University Illinois 48 26
#169 Michigan Technological University Michigan 94 13
#169 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska 108 16
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 123 10
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 57 3
#179 University of Mississippi Mississippi 28 0
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 97 24
#179 University of Utah Utah 86 19
#179 Seattle University Washington 30 2
#186 University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii 69 8
#186 University of Detroit Mercy Michigan 12 3
#186 Wayne State University Michigan 58 10
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 128 40
#191 University of Arkansas Arkansas 87 19
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 84 28
#191 Missouri University of Science and Technology Missouri 143 10
#191 Rowan University New Jersey 75 12
#191 Hofstra University New York 16 0
#191 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Oklahoma 63 19
#191 Washington State University Washington 93 15
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 135 27
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 50 6
#208 California State University--Fresno California 61 4
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 153 3
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 34 3
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 136 5
#208 Ohio Northern University Ohio 38 0
#219 University of Nevada-Reno Nevada 91 22
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 36 5
#227 San Francisco State University California 49 5
#227 University of North Dakota North Dakota 53 11
#227 University of Texas-San Antonio Texas 98 9
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 71 5
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 52 16
#236 Florida Institute of Technology Florida 39 27
#236 University of North Florida Florida 34 5
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 83 16
#236 University of New Mexico-Main Campus New Mexico 52 9
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 56 6
#236 Portland State University Oregon 60 11
#236 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 13 0
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 233 83
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 26 2
#250 University of Missouri--Kansas City Missouri 31 9
#250 New Mexico State University-Main Campus New Mexico 71 19
#250 South Dakota State University South Dakota 46 16
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 12 0
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 87 12
#250 University of Wyoming Wyoming 39 10
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 28 2
#262 University of Maine Maine 52 6
#262 Western New England University Massachusetts 26 1
#262 George Fox University Oregon 13 0
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 75 12
#276 Northern Arizona University Arizona 41 4
#276 Harding University Arkansas 5 2
#276 California Baptist University California 25 0
#276 University of New Haven Connecticut 67 59
#276 Marian University (IN) Indiana 1 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 33 9
#276 University of Missouri--St. Louis Missouri 8 0
#276 Widener University Pennsylvania 21 1
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 14 3
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 30 10
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 43 11
#288 Texas State University Texas 45 0
#288 Utah State University Utah 81 6
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 32 1
#299 Boise State University Idaho 55 2
#299 University of Toledo Ohio 48 10
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 87 6
#308 Montana State University Montana 63 3
#308 Wilkes University Pennsylvania 3 0
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 28 6
#317 University of Mary North Dakota 6 0
#317 Prairie View A&M University Texas 8 1
#317 Marshall University West Virginia 20 0
#328 Georgia Southern University Georgia 62 10
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 34 1
#332 University of South Alabama Alabama 42 7
#332 Point Park University Pennsylvania 1 1
#332 Texas A&M University--Kingsville Texas 80 52
#342 University of Akron Ohio 29 9
#342 Cleveland State University Ohio 34 4
#342 University of Texas--Tyler Texas 45 6
#342 Kennesaw State University Georgia 101 4
#353 Arkansas State University Arkansas 17 6
#353 Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville Illinois 87 34
#353 University of Louisiana--Lafayette Louisiana 22 0
#353 Youngstown State University Ohio 23 5
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 15 0
#365 Liberty University Virginia 39 1
#376 Tennessee State University Tennessee 13 2
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 15 0
#382 Idaho State University Idaho 16 6
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 34 1
#382 Southern University and A&M College Louisiana 8 0
#382 Angelo State University Texas 11 1
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 8 0
#382 Lamar University Texas 13 0
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 9 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 19 0
#382 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Puerto Rico 7 0
LAC #9 The United States Military Academy at West Point New York 37 0
LAC #11 United States Air Force Academy Colorado 51 1
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 22 0
LAC #30 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 34 3
LAC #44 Union College New York 1 0
LAC #62 Virginia Military Institute Virginia 37 1
LAC #172 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 34 2
— California State Polytechnic University-Pomona California 285 12
— California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo California 139 2
— Manhattan University New York 105 3
— California State University-Northridge California 89 1
— University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Puerto Rico 85 10
— University of Wisconsin-Platteville Wisconsin 79 0
— South Dakota School of Mines and Technology South Dakota 66 8
— Wentworth Institute of Technology Massachusetts 61 7
— Milwaukee School of Engineering Wisconsin 53 3
— California State University-Chico California 52 0
— Citadel Military College of South Carolina South Carolina 46 0
— The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York 45 0
— University of Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota 41 6
— Florida Gulf Coast University Florida 40 2
— Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Pennsylvania 39 4
— United States Coast Guard Academy Connecticut 37 0
— York College of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 36 0
— Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Indiana 33 0
— Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 33 0
— Louisiana Tech University Louisiana 31 3
— University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Pennsylvania 31 0
— University of Guam Guam 30 0
— Trine University Indiana 29 0
— Purdue University Northwest Indiana 28 2
— Western Kentucky University Kentucky 27 1
— Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon 26 0
— Lawrence Technological University Michigan 25 3
— The College of New Jersey New Jersey 25 0
— El Paso Community College Texas 24 0
— Merrimack College Massachusetts 23 1

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Related jobs and pay

OccupationUS employmentMean hourly wageMean annual wage
Civil Engineers 367,840 $52.24 $108,670
Architectural and Engineering Managers 220,260 $87.28 $181,540
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 40,270 — $124,520

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.