Civil engineering at FIU
FIU graduates about 150 civil engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 88th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a solid program at 62 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $85,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $16 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where civil engineering happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 34 · Dorm 19 · Library 3 · Arts 2.
Nearby in the civil engineering ranking
Other strong majors at FIU
- Music 81 · #85
- Nursing 80 · #47
- Public policy & social work 80 · #54
- Computer science 79 · #123
- Political science & IR 79 · #140
- History 79 · #120
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares FIU 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.