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Civil engineering at Columbia

Columbia graduates about 22 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 26th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $108,000 four years out, 1.27× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $14 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#26 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year22under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$108,0001.27× the same major nationally
Research in the field$14Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Where civil engineering happens

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. New Jersey Institute of Technology 84
  2. San Diego State University 84
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison 83
  4. Rice University 83
  5. University of Florida 82
  6. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  7. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  8. University of Southern California 81

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Columbia with every school we score in civil engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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