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 five 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 March 2026

UnitID	Institution	# Graduates	Median Starting Salary	TAG
123961	University of Southern California	27	$116,779	USC
131469	George Washington University	21	$113,579	GWU
122931	Santa Clara University	19	$111,831	SCU
221999	Vanderbilt University	13	$107,563
211440	Carnegie Mellon University	31	$106,890	CMU
122755	San Jose State University	124	$106,415	SJSU
192703	Manhattan College	89	$105,202
110635	University of California-Berkeley	89	$104,581	UC Berkeley; UCB
131283	The Catholic University of America	31	$103,238
120883	University of the Pacific	18	$103,144
110662	University of California-Los Angeles	70	$102,084	UCLA
110538	California State University-Chico	78	$101,629
110422	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	172	$101,618
122597	San Francisco State University	70	$100,807	SFSU
190415	Cornell University	37	$100,258
110529	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	245	$99,934
110592	California State University-Los Angeles	89	$99,644
102553	University of Alaska Anchorage	24	$98,861
110583	California State University-Long Beach	147	$98,200
110644	University of California-Davis	150	$98,091	UC Davis
168421	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	39	$97,994	WPI
110361	California Baptist University	37	$97,633
196413	Syracuse University	30	$97,093
122409	San Diego State University	137	$96,325	SDSU
190150	Columbia University in the City of New York	21	$96,195
186867	Stevens Institute of Technology	38	$96,100	Stevens Tech
232186	George Mason University	73	$95,921
110617	California State University-Sacramento	162	$95,595
234076	University of Virginia-Main Campus	34	$95,518	UVA
228723	Texas A & M University-College Station	238	$95,279
193900	New York University	40	$95,184	NYU
227757	Rice University	21	$94,796
110653	University of California-Irvine	91	$94,661	UCI; UC Irvine
167358	Northeastern University	107	$94,368
194824	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	62	$94,283	RPI
152080	University of Notre Dame	37	$94,259	UND
236948	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	150	$93,627	UW
110556	California State University-Fresno	82	$93,213
228778	The University of Texas at Austin	121	$93,173	UT; UT Austin
110565	California State University-Fullerton	116	$93,096
236452	Saint Martin's University	20	$92,987
128771	Central Connecticut State University	15	$92,467
102614	University of Alaska Fairbanks	19	$92,380
110680	University of California-San Diego	108	$91,984	UCSD; UC San Diego
129941	University of New Haven	19	$91,932
239105	Marquette University	34	$91,837
229115	Texas Tech University	119	$91,736
139755	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	112	$91,461	Georgia Tech
225511	University of Houston	67	$91,240	UH
126775	Colorado School of Mines	73	$91,060
221740	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	35	$90,909	UTC
213385	Lafayette College	32	$90,802
213543	Lehigh University	46	$90,786
202480	University of Dayton	33	$90,774
168227	Wentworth Institute of Technology	64	$90,759	WIT
145637	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	202	$90,751	UIUC
129020	University of Connecticut	101	$90,694	UConn
163286	University of Maryland-College Park	127	$90,438	UMD
190567	CUNY City College	49	$90,337
217864	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	34	$89,930
209542	Oregon State University	98	$89,866	OSU
186380	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	95	$89,751	RU
228769	The University of Texas at Arlington	100	$89,430	UT
152318	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	35	$89,394	RHIT
155317	University of Kansas	50	$89,289	KU
236939	Washington State University	130	$89,281	WSU
157289	University of Louisville	51	$89,150	UL
110608	California State University-Northridge	99	$88,971
217882	Clemson University	122	$88,941
170976	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	48	$88,870	UMich
215293	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	70	$88,756
215284	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	35	$88,756
212054	Drexel University	61	$88,709
104179	University of Arizona	32	$88,614
228802	The University of Texas at Tyler	65	$88,533	UT
182281	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	55	$88,453	UNLV
130943	University of Delaware	60	$88,414	UDel
211291	Bucknell University	25	$88,296
159391	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	118	$88,199	LSU
207500	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	43	$88,173
201885	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	76	$88,041	Cincy
133951	Florida International University	135	$88,016	FIU
188030	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	36	$87,875	NMSU
218663	University of South Carolina-Columbia	72	$87,617	USC
209807	Portland State University	70	$87,595
134130	University of Florida	168	$87,493	UF
104151	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	153	$87,208	ASU
216597	Villanova University	52	$87,148
171100	Michigan State University	68	$87,138	MSU
102094	University of South Alabama	43	$86,917
200280	University of North Dakota	43	$86,788	UND
100751	The University of Alabama	129	$86,784
486840	Kennesaw State University	80	$86,768
166629	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	71	$86,717	UMass Amherst
230728	Utah State University	57	$86,663
132903	University of Central Florida	154	$86,452	UCF
209825	University of Portland	23	$86,439
134097	Florida State University	83	$86,289	FSU
153603	Iowa State University	126	$86,261	ISU
141574	University of Hawaii at Manoa	75	$86,161
229027	The University of Texas at San Antonio	89	$86,096
126818	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	90	$85,902	CSU
235316	Gonzaga University	39	$85,891
185828	New Jersey Institute of Technology	197	$85,574	NJIT
243780	Purdue University-Main Campus	157	$85,536
129525	University of Hartford	21	$85,323
171128	Michigan Technological University	67	$85,298
175856	Jackson State University	23	$85,146
153658	University of Iowa	46	$85,051	UI
105330	Northern Arizona University	56	$85,036	NAU
126614	University of Colorado Boulder	72	$85,000	CU Boulder
199193	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	137	$84,995	NC State; NCSU
233921	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	240	$84,707	Virginia Tech; Va Tech
145725	Illinois Institute of Technology	25	$84,660	IIT
176080	Mississippi State University	108	$84,639	MSU
100663	University of Alabama at Birmingham	49	$84,553
178420	University of Missouri-St Louis	18	$84,523
187985	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	35	$84,508	UNM
209506	Oregon Institute of Technology	24	$84,507
232982	Old Dominion University	51	$84,251
184782	Rowan University	79	$84,236
166513	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	97	$84,162	UMass Lowell
240444	University of Wisconsin-Madison	111	$83,988	UW Madison
190044	Clarkson University	56	$83,782
149231	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	52	$83,754
145600	University of Illinois Chicago	83	$83,670	UIC
216339	Temple University	60	$83,575
240453	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	60	$83,381
183044	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	53	$83,294	UNH
178402	University of Missouri-Kansas City	18	$83,248	UMKC
176017	University of Mississippi	41	$83,228	Ole Miss
181394	University of Nebraska at Omaha	suppressed	$83,116
182290	University of Nevada-Reno	68	$83,066	UNR
143358	Bradley University	33	$82,851
136172	University of North Florida	42	$82,791
174066	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	52	$82,596	UMN
230038	Brigham Young University	61	$82,586	BYU
217518	Roger Williams University	12	$82,554
214777	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	308	$82,353	PSU; Penn State
204796	Ohio State University-Main Campus	146	$82,114	OSU
227526	Prairie View A & M University	20	$81,913
230764	University of Utah	34	$81,863	UU
100858	Auburn University	116	$81,856
217484	University of Rhode Island	45	$81,840	URI
133669	Florida Atlantic University	68	$81,802	FAU
238032	West Virginia University	88	$81,556	WVU
237950	West Virginia University Institute of Technology	11	$81,556
221759	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	77	$81,419	UTK
178411	Missouri University of Science and Technology	122	$81,245	MUST
240462	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	96	$81,237
200332	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	70	$81,230	NDSU
172699	Western Michigan University	49	$80,962
173920	Minnesota State University-Mankato	30	$80,870
160658	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	27	$80,744
234085	Virginia Military Institute	52	$80,733	VMI
172644	Wayne State University	34	$80,725
433660	Florida Gulf Coast University	59	$80,720
142285	University of Idaho	28	$80,624	UI
137351	University of South Florida	104	$80,617	USF
142522	Brigham Young University-Idaho	26	$80,521
174233	University of Minnesota-Duluth	65	$80,494
178396	University of Missouri-Columbia	52	$80,460	Mizzou
152600	Valparaiso University	25	$80,194
106397	University of Arkansas	79	$80,071
199139	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	120	$79,801	UNCC; UNC Charlotte
142115	Boise State University	44	$79,687
181464	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	100	$79,612	UNL
204857	Ohio University-Main Campus	47	$79,566	OU
216852	Widener University	22	$78,441
220862	University of Memphis	20	$78,233
240727	University of Wyoming	52	$78,192
149222	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	34	$78,165
231174	University of Vermont	37	$78,060	UVM
131520	Howard University	17	$77,997
219356	South Dakota State University	31	$77,672	SDSU
152567	Trine University	28	$77,554
133881	Florida Institute of Technology	23	$77,488	FIT
155399	Kansas State University	49	$77,352	KSU
200800	University of Akron Main Campus	62	$77,310
219347	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	47	$77,157
139931	Georgia Southern University	68	$76,963
228796	The University of Texas at El Paso	76	$76,943	UT
204635	Ohio Northern University	18	$76,866
196088	University at Buffalo	131	$76,516
180461	Montana State University	89	$76,388
206084	University of Toledo	47	$76,345
157085	University of Kentucky	76	$76,310	UK
228705	Texas A & M University-Kingsville	79	$76,135
199102	North Carolina A & T State University	33	$76,058
161253	University of Maine	46	$75,894
221847	Tennessee Technological University	57	$75,845
106458	Arkansas State University	16	$74,874
227368	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	83	$74,618
159939	University of New Orleans	34	$74,321	UNO
163453	Morgan State University	82	$73,164
167987	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	34	$72,965	UMass Dartmouth
202134	Cleveland State University	61	$72,837
206695	Youngstown State University	47	$71,919
230995	Norwich University	13	$71,713
157951	Western Kentucky University	35	$69,462	WKU
243197	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	54	$68,727
228246	Southern Methodist University	15	N/A (suppressed)	SMU
117946	Loyola Marymount University	26	N/A (suppressed)	LMU
168148	Tufts University	14	N/A (suppressed)
226091	Lamar University	20	N/A (suppressed)
100706	University of Alabama in Huntsville	40	N/A (suppressed)
201645	Case Western Reserve University	23	N/A (suppressed)	CWRU
153250	Dordt University	13	N/A (suppressed)
142276	Idaho State University	25	N/A (suppressed)	ISU
221838	Tennessee State University	24	N/A (suppressed)
170675	Lawrence Technological University	14	N/A (suppressed)
180106	Carroll College	8	N/A (suppressed)
160621	Southern University and A & M College	13	N/A (suppressed)
100654	Alabama A & M University	7	N/A (suppressed)

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