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Civil engineering at Maryland

Maryland graduates about 112 civil engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $93,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $50 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#3 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year1121% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$93,0001.10× the same major nationally
Research in the field$50Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1410–1520whole school

Around Maryland

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Purple Line construction on UMD campusPhoto: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Purple Line Under Construction at University of Maryland College ParkPhoto: ActivBowser9177 · CC0 · source
Laundry Day performing "FRIENDS" during a concert in August 2024
Laundry Day band in August 2024Photo: Leafy46 · CC0 · source
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Nyumburu Cultural CenterPhoto: BethGuay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, Engineering Laboratory Building, Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, Engineering Annex, Jeong H Kim Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 100
  2. University of California, Davis 97
  3. The University of Texas–Austin 94
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  5. Northeastern University 92
  6. University of Washington 92

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland 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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