Median earnings of civil engineering graduates (master's degree) one year after graduation, at 68 colleges. National median: $84,951, rising to $96,926 after four years.
| # | College | State | Earnings after 1 yr | After 4 yrs | Median debt |
|---|
| 1 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | $105,034 | — | — |
| 2 | George Mason University | VA | $102,677 | $103,586 | — |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | CA | $99,276 | $104,388 | — |
| 4 | Portland State University | OR | $95,050 | $93,150 | — |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | $94,479 | $110,863 | — |
| 6 | Manhattan University | NY | $93,386 | $119,967 | — |
| 7 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | NJ | $93,238 | $107,682 | $30,500 |
| 8 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | CO | $93,232 | $90,072 | — |
| 9 | Villanova University | PA | $93,221 | $108,449 | — |
| 10 | Norwich University | VT | $93,064 | $91,857 | — |
| 11 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | $92,539 | $120,234 | — |
| 12 | California State University-Fresno | CA | $92,421 | — | — |
| 13 | Kennesaw State University | GA | $92,056 | — | — |
| 14 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | $91,572 | $112,220 | — |
| 15 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | $91,468 | $92,506 | $31,828 |
| 16 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $91,221 | $108,638 | — |
| 17 | University of Illinois Chicago | IL | $89,572 | $86,593 | — |
| 18 | University of Kansas | KS | $89,357 | $105,565 | — |
| 19 | New York University | NY | $88,930 | $99,685 | — |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | CA | $88,734 | $106,894 | — |
| 21 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | $88,628 | $106,004 | — |
| 22 | Cornell University | NY | $88,428 | $90,197 | — |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $88,020 | $103,656 | $27,336 |
| 24 | Stanford University | CA | $88,016 | $112,118 | $49,079 |
| 25 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | $87,852 | $108,826 | — |
| 26 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | $87,793 | $108,274 | $40,095 |
| 27 | Ohio University-Main Campus | OH | $86,826 | $97,552 | — |
| 28 | Brigham Young University | UT | $86,711 | $103,440 | — |
| 29 | University of California-San Diego | CA | $86,550 | $112,223 | $31,167 |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | MA | $86,513 | $94,416 | $20,500 |
| 31 | Oregon State University | OR | $85,627 | $98,705 | — |
| 32 | Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | OR | $85,627 | $98,705 | — |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | $85,215 | $95,761 | $21,765 |
| 34 | Michigan Technological University | MI | $84,951 | $86,535 | — |
| 35 | Northeastern University | MA | $84,714 | $100,767 | — |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | $84,502 | $99,079 | — |
| 37 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | $84,398 | $103,685 | — |
| 38 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | MO | $84,096 | $92,698 | — |
| 39 | University of Delaware | DE | $83,551 | $85,704 | — |
| 40 | University of Florida | FL | $83,324 | $91,116 | — |
| 41 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $83,275 | $111,924 | $41,000 |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | $83,146 | $99,698 | — |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Arlington | TX | $83,109 | $96,956 | $30,750 |
| 44 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | $82,970 | $96,706 | — |
| 45 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | $81,733 | $87,908 | — |
| 46 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | $81,304 | — | — |
| 47 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | $81,191 | $94,858 | — |
| 48 | Drexel University | PA | $81,103 | $93,155 | — |
| 49 | Lehigh University | PA | $80,862 | $92,139 | — |
| 50 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | $80,386 | $88,162 | — |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | $79,539 | $98,355 | — |
| 52 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $79,324 | $90,040 | — |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | $78,481 | $91,867 | — |
| 54 | Iowa State University | IA | $77,995 | $95,102 | — |
| 55 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | NC | $77,890 | $88,619 | — |
| 56 | Cleveland State University | OH | $77,677 | — | — |
| 57 | University at Buffalo | NY | $77,117 | $90,707 | — |
| 58 | Colorado School of Mines | CO | $76,905 | $93,132 | — |
| 59 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | $76,771 | $75,000 | — |
| 60 | Utah State University | UT | $76,722 | $90,415 | — |
| 61 | Clemson University | SC | $76,290 | $89,331 | — |
| 62 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | WI | $75,485 | $94,025 | — |
| 63 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | SD | $74,097 | $83,155 | — |
| 64 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | $73,936 | — | — |
| 65 | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | $73,181 | $100,848 | — |
| 66 | University of Louisville | KY | $72,425 | $81,217 | — |
| 67 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez | PR | $67,799 | $83,272 | — |
| 68 | Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico | PR | $64,557 | — | — |
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 $84,951 in earnings one year after a master's degree in civil engineering and $96,926 four years after. The highest is $105,034 at California State University-Long Beach.
How much student debt do civil engineering graduates have?
The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $31,167 at the typical college.