Best Colleges by Major / Civil Engineering

Best Colleges for Civil Engineering 2025

20 schools ranked by graduate earnings — real data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Civil Engineering graduates are well-positioned for careers across multiple industries. The rankings below are based on actual graduate earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Earnings shown are median graduate earnings 4 years after graduation (or 1 year if 4-year data is unavailable), sourced from the College Scorecard.See full major data

Top 20 Civil Engineering Programs by Graduate Earnings

#	School	Earnings	Tuition	Accept Rate	Enrollment
1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$106,533	$68,237	10%	20,817
2	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	$100,598	$59,241	44%	6,235
3	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$95,056	$66,014	8%	15,935
4	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	$93,131	$19,944	94%	13,057
5	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$91,424	$30,995	30%	21,521
6	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	$91,243	$46,024	42%	31,777
7	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$91,006	$45,627	12%	33,073
8	Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$90,904	$50,850	78%	2,928
9	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$90,288	$44,524	9%	33,040
10	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$90,155	$18,698	92%	21,478
11	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	$89,286	$19,304	96%	20,033
12	Lafayette College Easton, PA	$88,494	$62,574	31%	2,746
13	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$87,839	$60,952	43%	4,084
14	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	$87,7901yr	$58,974	40%	7,171
15	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	$86,596	$20,170	34%	33,654
16	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	$86,209	$45,014	26%	29,494
17	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	$85,859	$59,070	59%	5,344
18	Saint Martin's University Lacey, WA	$85,216	$44,210	76%	1,254
19	New York University New York, NY	$85,133	$60,438	9%	29,430
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$85,123	$58,072	18%	33,488