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Civil engineering at Florida

Florida graduates about 115 civil engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 27th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $86,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $29 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#27 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year1151% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$86,0001.02× the same major nationally
Research in the field$29Ma year, NSF
Admit rate20%whole school
SAT middle 50%1330–1490whole school

Around Florida

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Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Agricultural Engineering Field Lab, Agricultural Engineering Building, Agricultural Engineering Shop, Charles R. Perry Construction Yard, Engineering HR South, Chemical Engineering Solvent Storage, Chemical Engineering Student Center, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering Building, Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence, New Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 220 · Dorm 78 · Student housing 45 · Athletics 33 · Dining 14 · Arts 6.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

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

Other strong majors at Florida

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Florida 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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