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Civil engineering at Michigan

Michigan graduates about 48 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 31st of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $89,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $42 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#31 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year48under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$89,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$42Ma year, NSF
Admit rate16%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1530whole school

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of Florida 82
  2. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  3. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  4. University of Southern California 81
  5. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 80
  6. Northwestern University 80
  7. Duke University 80
  8. Cornell University 79

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Michigan 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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