WhatGradsMake

What Civil Engineering grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $86,131 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Texas at AustinTX$76,807$98,459$123,649+14%
2Texas A&M UniversityTX$76,143$98,317$126,019+14%
3University of HoustonTX$76,774$96,499$126,300+12%
4City College of New York - CUNYNY$72,216$95,939$120,004+11%
5University of GeorgiaGA$71,060$94,637+10%
6University of ConnecticutCT$73,551$94,574$120,228+10%
7University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$72,162$94,007$118,631+9%
8Lamar UniversityTX$71,406$93,834$131,474+9%
9Texas Tech UniversityTX$73,523$93,698$123,029+9%
10University of VirginiaVA$71,639$93,319$117,043+8%
11University of New HavenCT$73,546$92,587+8%
12University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$73,211$91,518$114,062+6%
13University of HartfordCT$70,135$91,518$112,107+6%
14University of Arizona (The)AZ$71,662$90,972$110,004+6%
15Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$69,262$90,610$120,477+5%
16Colorado School of MinesCO$69,389$90,470+5%
17University of Colorado BoulderCO$66,613$90,372$108,722+5%
18Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN$76,251$90,219+5%
19University of Texas at TylerTX$72,900$90,181$108,190+5%
20University of MichiganMI$61,910$90,151$113,811+5%
21Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$71,843$90,090+5%
22University of Texas at San AntonioTX$71,355$89,849$111,477+4%
23George Mason UniversityVA$68,078$89,638$110,284+4%
24University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$69,455$89,479$104,892+4%
25West Texas A&M UniversityTX$67,394$89,177+4%
26University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$67,983$89,075$107,088+3%
27Oklahoma State UniversityOK$71,535$88,683$114,494+3%
28University of Massachusetts - LowellMA$66,080$88,659$109,070+3%
29Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA$68,002$88,502$112,807+3%
30Purdue UniversityIN$69,432$88,172$110,139+2%
31University of CincinnatiOH$70,920$87,958$110,901+2%
32University of Illinois ChicagoIL$69,747$87,864$111,153+2%
33Georgia Institute of TechnologyGA$67,746$87,785$111,661+2%
34Purdue University NorthwestIN$65,752$87,772+2%
35Brigham Young University - IdahoID$63,723$87,772+2%
36Arizona State UniversityAZ$66,834$87,723$111,023+2%
37University of Massachusetts - DartmouthMA$61,728$87,663$99,377+2%
38University of AlabamaAL$68,203$87,501$109,256+2%
39State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$72,128$87,447+2%
40Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$68,459$87,218$108,063+1%
41University of Missouri - Kansas CityMO$66,779$87,101$107,601+1%
42Oregon State UniversityOR$67,032$86,807$105,519+1%
43Utah State UniversityUT$63,660$86,544$101,3540%
44Valparaiso UniversityIN$67,494$86,4170%
45University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$67,076$86,396$102,2470%
46State University of New York at BuffaloNY$63,894$86,160$107,4080%
47Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$68,024$86,131$108,8230%
48Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$68,890$86,118$107,9860%
49University of UtahUT$65,634$85,687$111,311-1%
50University of Colorado DenverCO$66,394$85,564$105,232-1%
51Colorado State UniversityCO$65,788$85,497$104,093-1%
52Portland State UniversityOR$64,362$85,419$106,815-1%
53University of Akron (The)OH$69,779$85,407$105,619-1%
54Louisiana Tech UniversityLA$66,717$85,400$105,449-1%
55University of OklahomaOK$65,235$85,364-1%
56Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMO$68,506$85,305$102,651-1%
57Ohio State University (The)OH$65,553$85,233$105,734-1%
58Clemson UniversitySC$64,956$85,198$107,067-1%
59University of IowaIA$65,543$84,761$109,070-2%
60Citadel, The Military College of South CarolinaSC$66,909$84,610$109,226-2%
61Oregon Institute of TechnologyOR$69,199$84,400$98,892-2%
62Virginia Military InstituteVA$65,073$84,259$105,747-2%
63University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$65,041$84,142$106,276-2%
64University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$66,894$83,905$107,088-3%
65University of Louisiana at LafayetteLA$64,707$83,778$109,266-3%
66North Carolina State UniversityNC$64,740$83,771$104,353-3%
67Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical UniversityTX$68,363$83,712$104,398-3%
68Kennesaw State UniversityGA$66,172$83,657-3%
69Montana Technological UniversityMT$69,400$83,557-3%
70South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologySD$65,278$83,557$97,404-3%
71University of Minnesota DuluthMN$63,400$83,329$98,712-3%
72University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$65,691$83,070$106,640-4%
73Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$63,662$82,998$100,153-4%
74Old Dominion UniversityVA$62,607$82,690$99,947-4%
75University of ToledoOH$64,138$82,663$103,500-4%
76Texas A&M University - KingsvilleTX$65,512$82,601$104,569-4%
77Purdue University Fort WayneIN$60,472$82,300-4%
78University of North Carolina - CharlotteNC$63,362$82,280$102,693-4%
79West Virginia UniversityWV$64,637$82,208$103,165-5%
80University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$63,866$82,072$102,489-5%
81State University of New York Polytechnic InstituteNY$63,793$82,048-5%
82University of Texas at El PasoTX$60,128$82,002$99,361-5%
83University of New Orleans (The)LA$65,167$81,926$108,771-5%
84Pennsylvania State University (The) - HarrisburgPA$66,081$81,827$103,419-5%
85University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleWI$66,538$81,770$94,555-5%
86Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$62,897$81,604$95,782-5%
87South Dakota State UniversitySD$64,540$81,435$98,712-5%
88University of the District of ColumbiaDC$65,194$81,403-5%
89Trine UniversityIN$64,652$80,964-6%
90University of WyomingWY$65,802$80,530$95,012-6%
91Montana State University BozemanMT$63,016$80,490$98,533-7%
92Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$65,040$80,435$98,307-7%
93University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$63,874$80,396$97,027-7%
94Ohio UniversityOH$63,826$80,232$102,380-7%
95Cleveland State UniversityOH$64,666$80,215$97,706-7%
96West Virginia University - Institute of TechnologyWV$59,667$79,032$100,066-8%
97University of MaineME$59,682$78,843$92,834-8%
98Georgia Southern UniversityGA$63,408$78,625-9%
99University of Alabama in HuntsvilleAL$63,898$78,619$103,070-9%
100North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNC$63,818$78,494$90,670-9%
101Youngstown State UniversityOH$62,346$78,433$100,527-9%
102University of Missouri - Saint LouisMO$66,184$77,901$99,994-10%
103Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical Colg at Baton RougeLA$58,314$77,031$88,267-11%
104University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$52,018$75,568-12%
105Texas Southern UniversityTX$49,855$69,841-19%
106Quinnipiac UniversityCT$76,015
107Tarleton State UniversityTX$73,958
108Angelo State UniversityTX$62,520

Associate

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY$35,591$65,986
2El Paso Community CollegeTX$33,078$65,634
3Palo Alto CollegeTX$43,047
4Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$40,342

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Ohio UniversityOH$66,409