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Civil engineering at Northwestern

Northwestern graduates about 16 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 33rd of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $14 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#33 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year16under 1% of the class
Research in the field$14Ma year, NSF
Admit rate7%whole school
SAT middle 50%1520–1560whole school

Around Northwestern

A photo of the interior of Dearborn Observatory. The dome is open, the red light
Dearborn Telescope with open domePhoto: Jackricono · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston (1915). It was established by the Garden Club
Shakespeare Garden (8105928197)Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Aggelos Katsaggelos
Aggelos KatsaggelosPhoto: Leandros89 · CC0 · source
This represents what PDMS looks like.
FabricwithinPDMSPhoto: Ih2283 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 96 · Dorm 44 · Fraternity or sorority house 13 · Arts 8 · Chapel 5 · Athletics 3.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  2. University of Southern California 81
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 81
  4. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 80
  5. Duke University 80
  6. Cornell University 79
  7. The Ohio State University 79
  8. Stanford University 79

Other strong majors at Northwestern

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Northwestern 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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