Civil Engineering

758 programs at U.S. colleges award 20,728 credentials a year in this field (CIP 14.08). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $86,517 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	$87,790	$27,000	23
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$85,262	$8,125	28
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	$84,883	—	32
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$80,673	$20,424	148
Montana Technological University Butte, MT	$80,327	—	37
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$80,261	$12,500	36
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$80,231	$27,000	24
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$78,142	$14,342	103
Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI	$77,836	—	19
The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	$77,501	$24,625	15
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$76,731	$20,499	103
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	$76,419	$27,000	35
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$76,362	$24,750	96
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$75,822	$20,787	80
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	$75,793	$19,500	252
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	$75,758	$16,500	304
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$75,688	$18,750	101
Merrimack College North Andover, MA	$75,556	$27,000	23
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$75,510	$17,529	91
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$75,290	$27,000	100
University of California-Davis Davis, CA	$75,165	$16,000	133
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$75,153	$19,875	142
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA	$75,001	$26,872	45
Washington State University Pullman, WA	$74,841	$20,780	86
University of Houston Houston, TX	$74,822	$18,660	79

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	$93,343	—	26
New York University New York, NY	$91,660	—	30
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$91,351	—	13
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$91,025	—	35
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$89,700	$30,043	85
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$89,543	$20,500	65
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$89,030	—	30
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$88,923	—	62
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$88,805	—	29
Norwich University Northfield, VT	$88,671	$54,491	15
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$88,198	$32,685	115
California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	$87,800	$12,168	24
Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	$87,691	—	16
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$87,462	$28,780	133
California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	$87,247	—	21
University of California-Davis Davis, CA	$86,909	$19,591	72
San Diego State University San Diego, CA	$86,359	—	18
Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	$86,245	—	15
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	$86,091	—	19
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$85,887	$15,564	41
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	$85,260	—	36
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$83,740	$34,030	212
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$83,591	—	50
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$83,515	$37,194	74
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$83,394	$20,500	24