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Civil engineering at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech graduates about 104 civil engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 29th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 82 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 $127 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#29 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year1043% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$85,0001.00× the same major nationally
Research in the field$127Ma year, NSF
Admit rate13%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1530whole school

Around Georgia Tech

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Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Landscape & Construction, Rodger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, Daniel Environmental Engineering Laboratory; Daniel Lab Addition, Georgia Tech Office of Information Technology Engineering Building, Old Civil Engineering Building, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 43 · Academic 29 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Offices 6 · Chapel 5.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. Rice University 83
  2. Columbia University 83
  3. University of Florida 82
  4. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  5. University of Southern California 81
  6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 81
  7. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 80
  8. Northwestern University 80

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia Tech 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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