Median Starting Salaries (by Institution): Civil Engineering
Salary (by major) data was collected from the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) College Scorecard platform and indicates the median salary of an institution’s graduates two years after receiving their bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, along with the number of graduates per institution for which the USDOE has salary data. Since the USDOE focuses only on early-career salaries, we limit the salary tables on our Dataverse to “pre-professional” majors where students are more likely to pursue employment immediately after graduation (e.g., as opposed to attending graduate school) and within their undergraduate field of study.
*Note that the USDOE is not able to disclose salary data by major for all institutions offering a major in this area. For example, if a group of individuals within a certain institution is too small, the USDOE must suppress salary data in order to prevent identification of the group’s individuals.
Table Updated December 2023
| Institution | # Graduates | Median Starting Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122931 | Santa Clara University | 28 | $79,473 | SCU |
| 122755 | San Jose State University | 61 | $74,845 | SJSU |
| 186867 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 59 | $74,702 | Stevens Tech |
| 123961 | University of Southern California | 33 | $74,576 | USC |
| 131469 | George Washington University | 15 | $74,307 | GWU |
| 228246 | Southern Methodist University | 12 | $73,737 | SMU |
| 190415 | Cornell University | 26 | $73,321 | |
| 110422 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 108 | $72,645 | |
| 227757 | Rice University | 14 | $71,957 | |
| 110635 | University of California-Berkeley | 18 | $71,351 | UC Berkeley; UCB |
| 192703 | Manhattan College | 106 | $71,351 | |
| 152080 | University of Notre Dame | 44 | $70,680 | UND |
| 110538 | California State University-Chico | 71 | $69,617 | |
| 120883 | University of the Pacific | 25 | $68,778 | |
| 234076 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 41 | $68,666 | UVA |
| 110662 | University of California-Los Angeles | 44 | $68,592 | UCLA |
| 194824 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 44 | $68,047 | RPI |
| 117946 | Loyola Marymount University | 17 | $67,995 | LMU |
| 213543 | Lehigh University | 24 | $67,660 | |
| 209506 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 15 | $67,660 | |
| 110644 | University of California-Davis | 140 | $67,516 | UC Davis |
| 240444 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 90 | $67,450 | UW Madison |
| 193900 | New York University | 43 | $67,420 | NYU |
| 163286 | University of Maryland-College Park | 120 | $67,420 | UMD |
| 152318 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43 | $67,273 | RHIT |
| 131283 | The Catholic University of America | 28 | $67,101 | |
| 129020 | University of Connecticut | 74 | $67,061 | UConn |
| 196413 | Syracuse University | 27 | $66,653 | |
| 122597 | San Francisco State University | 46 | $66,592 | SFSU |
| 236948 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 102 | $66,342 | UW |
| 102553 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 18 | $66,325 | |
| 167358 | Northeastern University | 112 | $66,318 | |
| 228723 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 123 | $66,094 | |
| 170976 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 34 | $66,045 | UMich |
| 211291 | Bucknell University | 34 | $65,610 | |
| 216597 | Villanova University | 40 | $65,486 | |
| 129941 | University of New Haven | 23 | $65,486 | |
| 225511 | University of Houston | 60 | $65,457 | UH |
| 213385 | Lafayette College | 24 | $65,238 | |
| 139755 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 112 | $65,238 | Georgia Tech |
| 145637 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 108 | $65,148 | UIUC |
| 168227 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41 | $65,131 | WIT |
| 128771 | Central Connecticut State University | 28 | $64,990 | |
| 221999 | Vanderbilt University | 16 | $64,913 | |
| 190150 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 32 | $64,706 | |
| 190567 | CUNY City College | 46 | $64,706 | |
| 134130 | University of Florida | 114 | $64,642 | UF |
| 217518 | Roger Williams University | 18 | $64,493 | |
| 110617 | California State University-Sacramento | 125 | $64,406 | |
| 232186 | George Mason University | 60 | $64,281 | |
| 110529 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 180 | $64,231 | |
| 102614 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 18 | $63,997 | |
| 229115 | Texas Tech University | 70 | $63,997 | |
| 143358 | Bradley University | 40 | $63,921 | |
| 201885 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33 | $63,898 | Cincy |
| 186380 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 50 | $63,898 | RU |
| 239105 | Marquette University | 43 | $63,817 | |
| 171100 | Michigan State University | 71 | $63,788 | MSU |
| 155317 | University of Kansas | 35 | $63,666 | KU |
| 126775 | Colorado School of Mines | 40 | $63,666 | |
| 168421 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50 | $63,643 | WPI |
| 141574 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 99 | $63,600 | |
| 200332 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | 93 | $63,556 | NDSU |
| 209542 | Oregon State University | 86 | $63,430 | OSU |
| 236939 | Washington State University | 137 | $63,393 | WSU |
| 171128 | Michigan Technological University | 91 | $63,217 | |
| 104179 | University of Arizona | 33 | $63,005 | |
| 200280 | University of North Dakota | 19 | $63,005 | UND |
| 168148 | Tufts University | 13 | $63,005 | |
| 226091 | Lamar University | 15 | $63,005 | |
| 204635 | Ohio Northern University | 22 | $63,005 | |
| 232982 | Old Dominion University | 51 | $63,005 | |
| 215293 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 87 | $62,856 | |
| 228778 | The University of Texas at Austin | 109 | $62,848 | UT; UT Austin |
| 185828 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 111 | $62,746 | NJIT |
| 178411 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 133 | $62,746 | MUST |
| 110653 | University of California-Irvine | 40 | $62,707 | UCI; UC Irvine |
| 243780 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 52 | $62,707 | |
| 202480 | University of Dayton | 32 | $62,707 | |
| 153603 | Iowa State University | 140 | $62,632 | ISU |
| 172644 | Wayne State University | 24 | $62,579 | |
| 228769 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 65 | $62,534 | UT |
| 233921 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 156 | $62,508 | Virginia Tech; Va Tech |
| 122409 | San Diego State University | 66 | $62,317 | SDSU |
| 235316 | Gonzaga University | 47 | $62,260 | |
| 212054 | Drexel University | 86 | $62,203 | |
| 214777 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 319 | $62,162 | PSU; Penn State |
| 145725 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31 | $62,111 | IIT |
| 100706 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 13 | $62,012 | |
| 221740 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23 | $62,012 | UTC |
| 181394 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 38 | $61,888 | |
| 145600 | University of Illinois Chicago | 83 | $61,839 | UIC |
| 201645 | Case Western Reserve University | 12 | $61,814 | CWRU |
| 182281 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27 | $61,681 | UNLV |
| 153658 | University of Iowa | 49 | $61,651 | UI |
| 174066 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 47 | $61,603 | UMN |
| 184782 | Rowan University | 52 | $61,516 | |
| 207500 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 20 | $61,516 | |
| 110592 | California State University-Los Angeles | 59 | $61,516 | |
| 159391 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 72 | $61,330 | LSU |
| 163453 | Morgan State University | 30 | $61,218 | |
| 110583 | California State University-Long Beach | 125 | $60,943 | |
| 166629 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 62 | $60,903 | UMass Amherst |
| 229027 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 74 | $60,771 | |
| 173920 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | 16 | $60,771 | |
| 157289 | University of Louisville | 20 | $60,523 | UL |
| 130943 | University of Delaware | 62 | $60,523 | UDel |
| 190044 | Clarkson University | 112 | $60,325 | |
| 218663 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 59 | $60,325 | USC |
| 110565 | California State University-Fullerton | 74 | $60,117 | |
| 204796 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 174 | $60,110 | OSU |
| 211440 | Carnegie Mellon University | 18 | $60,094 | CMU |
| 486840 | Kennesaw State University | 41 | $59,688 | |
| 110556 | California State University-Fresno | 77 | $59,666 | |
| 187985 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 22 | $59,648 | UNM |
| 216852 | Widener University | 38 | $59,640 | |
| 104151 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 77 | $59,640 | ASU |
| 172699 | Western Michigan University | 41 | $59,576 | |
| 152600 | Valparaiso University | 30 | $59,485 | |
| 133951 | Florida International University | 45 | $59,485 | FIU |
| 178420 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 24 | $59,350 | |
| 126818 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 68 | $59,253 | CSU |
| 155399 | Kansas State University | 18 | $59,124 | KSU |
| 219356 | South Dakota State University | 41 | $59,124 | SDSU |
| 217864 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | 73 | $59,071 | |
| 217882 | Clemson University | 118 | $58,919 | |
| 200800 | University of Akron Main Campus | 55 | $58,796 | |
| 136172 | University of North Florida | 40 | $58,673 | |
| 153250 | Dordt University | 12 | $58,673 | |
| 134097 | Florida State University | 101 | $58,568 | FSU |
| 217484 | University of Rhode Island | 49 | $58,522 | URI |
| 206084 | University of Toledo | 47 | $58,522 | |
| 204857 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 45 | $58,479 | OU |
| 209825 | University of Portland | 39 | $58,402 | |
| 100751 | The University of Alabama | 92 | $58,402 | |
| 102094 | University of South Alabama | 26 | $58,402 | |
| 228802 | The University of Texas at Tyler | 24 | $58,221 | UT |
| 110680 | University of California-San Diego | 122 | $58,221 | UCSD; UC San Diego |
| 142276 | Idaho State University | 13 | $58,221 | ISU |
| 149222 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 54 | $58,221 | |
| 221838 | Tennessee State University | 11 | $58,221 | |
| 230038 | Brigham Young University | 48 | $58,221 | BYU |
| 238032 | West Virginia University | 83 | $58,092 | WVU |
| 132903 | University of Central Florida | 31 | $58,092 | UCF |
| 237950 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 83 | $58,092 | |
| 178396 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 65 | $57,995 | Mizzou |
| 209807 | Portland State University | 66 | $57,860 | |
| 188030 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 36 | $57,860 | NMSU |
| 142285 | University of Idaho | 30 | $57,860 | UI |
| 149231 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 41 | $57,770 | |
| 182290 | University of Nevada-Reno | 51 | $57,705 | UNR |
| 126614 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48 | $57,705 | CU Boulder |
| 230764 | University of Utah | 41 | $57,657 | UU |
| 181464 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 43 | $57,564 | UNL |
| 240453 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 43 | $57,544 | |
| 433660 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 55 | $57,318 | |
| 183044 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 85 | $57,110 | UNH |
| 174233 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 54 | $56,979 | |
| 100858 | Auburn University | 77 | $56,931 | |
| 221759 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 60 | $56,901 | UTK |
| 196088 | University at Buffalo | 54 | $56,810 | |
| 176080 | Mississippi State University | 76 | $56,776 | MSU |
| 106397 | University of Arkansas | 51 | $56,776 | |
| 100663 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 28 | $56,776 | |
| 199193 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 69 | $56,681 | NC State; NCSU |
| 216339 | Temple University | 96 | $56,641 | |
| 166513 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 45 | $56,544 | UMass Lowell |
| 202134 | Cleveland State University | 22 | $56,415 | |
| 139931 | Georgia Southern University | 58 | $56,265 | |
| 180461 | Montana State University | 57 | $56,234 | |
| 220862 | University of Memphis | 19 | $55,964 | |
| 199102 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35 | $55,964 | |
| 137351 | University of South Florida | 71 | $55,964 | USF |
| 129525 | University of Hartford | 21 | $55,964 | |
| 199139 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 90 | $55,663 | UNCC; UNC Charlotte |
| 178402 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 22 | $55,547 | UMKC |
| 240727 | University of Wyoming | 21 | $55,512 | |
| 175856 | Jackson State University | 21 | $55,338 | |
| 106458 | Arkansas State University | 18 | $54,996 | |
| 230728 | Utah State University | 44 | $54,656 | |
| 105330 | Northern Arizona University | 49 | $54,252 | NAU |
| 133669 | Florida Atlantic University | 44 | $54,252 | FAU |
| 227526 | Prairie View A & M University | 18 | $53,358 | |
| 170675 | Lawrence Technological University | 13 | $53,358 | |
| 221847 | Tennessee Technological University | 54 | $53,202 | |
| 110608 | California State University-Northridge | 58 | $53,108 | |
| 161253 | University of Maine | 48 | $52,464 | |
| 206695 | Youngstown State University | 33 | $52,420 | |
| 142115 | Boise State University | 42 | $52,385 | |
| 157085 | University of Kentucky | 76 | $52,274 | UK |
| 160658 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 26 | $52,107 | |
| 228705 | Texas A & M University-Kingsville | 26 | $52,107 | |
| 228796 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 23 | $51,607 | UT |
| 157951 | Western Kentucky University | 31 | $51,551 | WKU |
| 131520 | Howard University | 15 | $50,856 | |
| 180106 | Carroll College | 11 | $50,856 | |
| 159939 | University of New Orleans | 38 | $50,606 | UNO |
| 227368 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 30 | $50,439 | |
| 167987 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19 | $49,937 | UMass Dartmouth |
| 176017 | University of Mississippi | 17 | $49,840 | Ole Miss |
| 231174 | University of Vermont | 34 | $49,827 | UVM |
| 234085 | Virginia Military Institute | 67 | $49,270 | VMI |
| 133881 | Florida Institute of Technology | 19 | $49,019 | FIT |
| 160621 | Southern University and A & M College | 15 | $49,019 | |
| 100654 | Alabama A & M University | 12 | $47,260 |
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