Civil Engineering: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of civil engineering graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 237 colleges. National median: $72,633, rising to $85,097 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$84,461	$108,548	$11,634
2	San Francisco State University	CA	$82,059	$90,894	$21,250
3	University of Southern California	CA	$81,387	$106,308	$18,817
4	California State University-Chico	CA	$81,083	$92,472	$17,375
5	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$80,840	$97,092	$11,471
6	Seattle University	WA	$79,903	$81,559	—
7	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$79,750	$105,199	$21,000
8	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$79,454	$101,072	$16,667
9	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$79,432	$88,155	$26,000
10	Lafayette College	PA	$79,405	$96,637	—
11	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$79,309	$93,402	$24,500
12	Northeastern University	MA	$79,302	$100,613	$19,500
13	University of Arizona	AZ	$79,234	$91,602	—
14	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$78,905	$92,609	$27,000
15	Lawrence Technological University	MI	$78,828	$83,291	$28,750
16	Manhattan University	NY	$78,747	$95,877	$27,000
17	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$78,659	$87,884	$27,000
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$78,644	$91,650	$17,149
19	Syracuse University	NY	$78,596	$88,996	$22,236
20	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$78,525	$97,790	$14,500
21	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$78,412	$94,228	$22,905
22	Cornell University	NY	$78,367	$91,242	—
23	Bucknell University	PA	$78,367	$95,693	$24,125
24	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$78,330	$92,224	$25,000
25	Utah State University	UT	$78,316	$85,815	$12,500
26	University of Houston	TX	$78,027	$89,653	$17,750
27	Merrimack College	MA	$77,981	$90,714	$27,000
28	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$77,889	$103,223	—
29	George Mason University	VA	$77,783	$93,856	$15,581
30	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$77,612	$92,433	$15,000
31	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$77,361	$89,457	$13,750
32	Marquette University	WI	$77,131	$88,144	$24,273
33	Texas Tech University	TX	$77,123	$89,969	$24,250
34	Montana Technological University	MT	$76,902	—	$24,190
35	Gonzaga University	WA	$76,858	$86,942	$19,500
36	University of Notre Dame	IN	$76,811	$85,781	$15,250
37	The Catholic University of America	DC	$76,799	$93,821	—
38	Kansas State University	KS	$76,680	$83,453	$19,500
39	University of Utah	UT	$76,561	$85,097	$14,566
40	Drexel University	PA	$76,518	$84,992	$29,250
41	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$76,438	$88,142	$21,500
42	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$76,385	$85,332	$23,770
43	University of Florida	FL	$76,353	$86,453	$11,500
44	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$76,343	$93,280	$16,425
45	University of the Pacific	CA	$76,334	$90,510	$23,558
46	University of California-Davis	CA	$76,288	$95,939	$12,302
47	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$76,175	$90,873	$19,500
48	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$75,992	$92,010	$11,987
49	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$75,992	$92,010	$11,987
50	Saint Martin's University	WA	$75,875	$85,276	—
51	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$75,653	$83,684	$19,500
52	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$75,607	$94,960	$12,500
53	Villanova University	PA	$75,602	$81,038	$26,000
54	Bradley University	IL	$75,587	$83,801	$27,000
55	Iowa State University	IA	$75,489	$85,427	$21,500
56	CUNY City College	NY	$75,489	$87,957	—
57	Valparaiso University	IN	$75,457	$80,173	$27,000
58	University of Kansas	KS	$75,378	$89,087	$21,508
59	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$75,360	$91,651	$17,192
60	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$75,270	$86,844	$16,511
61	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$75,242	$81,201	$18,750
62	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$75,216	$84,514	$19,664
63	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$75,173	$95,271	$18,500
64	University of North Dakota	ND	$75,130	$87,828	$27,500
65	Lehigh University	PA	$75,104	$91,856	$25,000
66	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	$75,027	$78,252	—
67	University of Portland	OR	$75,015	$89,448	$20,000
68	Washington State University	WA	$74,997	$91,879	$19,250
69	Hofstra University	NY	$74,984	—	—
70	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$74,783	—	$25,075
71	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$74,723	$93,977	$24,375
72	The University of Alabama	AL	$74,598	$87,685	$22,625
73	University of New Haven	CT	$74,478	$83,798	$27,000
74	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$74,474	$93,973	$16,500
75	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$74,471	$82,281	$20,500
76	California Baptist University	CA	$74,368	$90,251	$26,000
77	Portland State University	OR	$74,330	$86,084	$19,400
78	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	$74,197	$91,615	$17,748
79	University of Dayton	OH	$74,176	$83,460	$17,500
80	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$74,172	$89,233	$21,771
81	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$74,148	$86,794	$26,000
82	San Diego State University	CA	$74,131	$95,865	$16,421
83	California State University-Fresno	CA	$74,082	$87,627	$12,125
84	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$73,973	$95,854	$11,000
85	University of Connecticut	CT	$73,952	$87,883	$21,594
86	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$73,952	$87,883	$21,594
87	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$73,952	$87,883	$21,594
88	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$73,952	$87,883	$21,594
89	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$73,952	$87,883	$21,594
90	Michigan Technological University	MI	$73,902	$83,841	$23,750
91	Oregon State University	OR	$73,900	$89,822	$19,500
92	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$73,900	$89,822	$19,500
93	Quinnipiac University	CT	$73,753	—	$25,500
94	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$73,729	$87,557	$19,899
95	Stony Brook University	NY	$73,643	$92,908	$15,625
96	University of California-Irvine	CA	$73,616	$96,354	$12,000
97	Clarkson University	NY	$73,487	$82,387	$26,731
98	Howard University	DC	$73,471	—	—
99	Utah Valley University	UT	$73,465	—	—
100	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$73,437	$88,076	$23,389
101	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$73,422	$88,001	$23,988
102	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$73,396	$93,417	$27,000
103	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$73,372	$84,166	$25,992
104	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$73,343	$84,082	—
105	University of Delaware	DE	$73,340	$87,015	$27,000
106	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$73,312	$83,233	$24,375
107	Brigham Young University	UT	$73,238	$81,928	$13,305
108	University of Central Florida	FL	$73,195	$86,803	$15,000
109	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$73,155	$89,165	$14,468
110	South Dakota State University	SD	$73,129	$82,486	$23,844
111	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$73,108	$90,474	$24,753
112	Western Michigan University	MI	$72,978	$78,368	$27,000
113	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$72,949	$76,508	$26,792
114	University of Rhode Island	RI	$72,784	$79,457	$23,842
115	University of Georgia	GA	$72,779	$87,684	$18,744
116	California State University-Northridge	CA	$72,768	$97,123	$17,625
117	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$72,766	$74,989	$28,500
118	Montana State University	MT	$72,660	$82,785	$21,500
119	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	$72,633	$81,976	$23,000
120	Ohio Northern University	OH	$72,540	$79,673	$23,500
121	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$72,499	$92,809	$27,000
122	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$72,357	$85,568	$20,259
123	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$72,324	$87,366	—
124	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$72,240	$83,680	$18,000
125	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$72,238	$84,778	$17,250
126	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$72,196	$85,053	$19,500
127	University of St Thomas	MN	$72,150	—	$22,000
128	Georgia Southern University	GA	$72,128	$78,034	$16,500
129	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$71,989	$87,691	$18,500
130	Clemson University	SC	$71,965	$84,873	$23,250
131	Temple University	PA	$71,963	$82,553	$25,000
132	New York University	NY	$71,920	$94,867	$17,500
133	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$71,816	$85,627	$20,500
134	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$71,795	$78,054	$24,792
135	Widener University	PA	$71,790	$80,117	$27,000
136	University of Maine	ME	$71,786	$78,989	$24,537
137	University of South Florida	FL	$71,783	$84,789	$13,750
138	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$71,777	$81,305	—
139	Auburn University	AL	$71,750	$79,778	$20,000
140	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$71,724	$87,389	$20,500
141	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$71,556	$84,148	$20,897
142	Kennesaw State University	GA	$71,532	$83,012	$18,079
143	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$71,503	$89,653	$24,000
144	Michigan State University	MI	$71,474	$90,650	$20,000
145	Wayne State University	MI	$71,462	$84,157	$23,799
146	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$71,437	$79,980	$23,415
147	University of Idaho	ID	$71,256	$86,310	—
148	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$71,195	$77,608	$27,000
149	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$71,195	$77,608	$27,000
150	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$71,157	$78,646	$18,743
151	University of Toledo	OH	$71,133	$79,886	$15,000
152	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$71,098	$85,055	—
153	Lamar University	TX	$71,088	$89,250	$22,600
154	University of Iowa	IA	$70,997	$83,350	$26,494
155	Saint Louis University	MO	$70,888	—	—
156	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$70,878	$83,992	$25,037
157	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$70,840	$83,289	$21,000
158	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$70,835	$86,890	$22,000
159	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$70,683	$85,202	$20,090
160	Florida International University	FL	$70,613	$84,523	$13,750
161	Trine University	IN	$70,526	$78,808	$27,000
162	Boise State University	ID	$70,521	$81,405	$23,125
163	Florida State University	FL	$70,512	$84,340	$15,456
164	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$70,447	$79,485	$25,596
165	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley	PA	$70,399	$81,403	$25,000
166	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	PA	$70,399	$81,403	$25,000
167	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$70,399	$81,403	$25,000
168	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	PA	$70,399	$81,403	$25,000
169	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$70,399	$81,403	$25,000
170	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$70,347	$87,286	$20,029
171	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$70,321	$78,663	$26,250
172	Rowan University	NJ	$70,307	$78,834	$20,000
173	The University of Texas at Tyler	TX	$70,289	$88,102	$18,547
174	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$70,208	$88,184	$18,638
175	University at Buffalo	NY	$70,094	$84,868	$19,500
176	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$69,944	$80,958	$19,280
177	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$69,762	$85,969	$20,025
178	University of California-San Diego	CA	$69,754	$91,745	$17,500
179	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$69,654	$82,547	$17,470
180	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$69,611	$84,469	$16,227
181	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$69,470	$82,653	$24,625
182	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$69,357	$84,451	$23,980
183	Southern University and A & M College	LA	$69,334	$68,016	$34,535
184	Southern University Law Center	LA	$69,334	$68,016	$34,535
185	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	$69,181	$74,115	$14,150
186	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	SD	$69,136	$80,613	$25,500
187	University of Mississippi	MS	$69,129	—	—
188	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$68,944	$81,620	$20,500
189	University of Louisville	KY	$68,654	$80,681	$18,945
190	University of Arkansas	AR	$68,636	$79,929	$23,750
191	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$68,604	$85,650	—
192	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	$68,528	$86,128	$29,125
193	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$68,502	$77,958	$19,125
194	West Virginia University Institute of Technology	WV	$68,472	$82,117	$23,507
195	West Virginia University	WV	$68,472	$82,117	$23,507
196	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$68,371	$79,051	$27,000
197	Angelo State University	TX	$68,344	—	—
198	University of Wyoming	WY	$68,309	$83,184	$20,500
199	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
200	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
201	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
202	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
203	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
204	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$68,237	$81,019	$27,442
205	University of North Florida	FL	$68,004	$77,498	$10,675
206	Western New England University	MA	$67,873	$86,375	$26,000
207	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$67,577	$81,933	$15,767
208	University of Hartford	CT	$67,426	$84,614	$26,000
209	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$67,271	$94,760	$14,406
210	Louisiana Tech University	LA	$66,921	$81,524	$27,021
211	University of Memphis	TN	$66,911	$79,598	$21,000
212	Old Dominion University	VA	$66,849	$82,703	$21,861
213	University of Kentucky	KY	$66,518	$81,031	$15,000
214	Youngstown State University	OH	$66,511	$80,437	$23,000
215	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	$66,423	$76,642	—
216	Tennessee State University	TN	$66,341	—	—
217	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$66,300	$81,888	—
218	Western Kentucky University	KY	$65,983	$75,732	$22,672
219	Cleveland State University	OH	$65,829	$73,575	$23,875
220	Mississippi State University	MS	$65,781	$81,203	$21,500
221	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$65,663	$78,858	$23,210
222	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	$65,435	$81,055	$15,750
223	University of Vermont	VT	$64,922	$77,342	$20,500
224	Pennsylvania College of Technology	PA	$64,327	—	$25,702
225	University of South Alabama	AL	$64,256	$78,187	$23,125
226	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	NY	$63,911	$75,078	$15,000
227	University of New Orleans	LA	$63,813	$80,704	$18,816
228	Morgan State University	MD	$63,305	$88,870	$26,000
229	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$62,525	$75,882	$19,151
230	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	TX	$62,453	$75,033	$24,870
231	West Texas A & M University	TX	$60,581	$76,187	—
232	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$58,788	$71,848	$10,000
233	Jackson State University	MS	$58,578	$78,824	$25,425
234	Virginia Military Institute	VA	$56,515	$76,991	$24,390
235	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	PR	$41,660	$63,091	$11,000
236	Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico	PR	$37,594	—	$24,166
237	Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando	FL	$37,594	—	$24,166

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do civil engineering graduates earn?

The median college reports $72,633 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and $85,097 four years after. The highest is $84,461 at University of California-Berkeley.

How much student debt do civil engineering graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,594 at the typical college.