Civil engineering at Minnesota
Minnesota graduates about 52 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 77th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a strong program at 65 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $82,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $25 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Minnesota
Where civil engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.
Nearby in the civil engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Minnesota
- Marketing 97 · #3
- Accounting 94 · #10
- Finance 93 · #10
- Computer science 91 · #41
- Biology 91 · #24
- Math & statistics 91 · #41
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota 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.