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Civil engineering at NYU

NYU graduates about 48 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 16th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, 1.11× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $16 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#16 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year48under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$95,0001.11× the same major nationally
Research in the field$16Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1480–1550whole school

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Los Angeles 89
  2. California State University–Sacramento 88
  3. Arizona State University 88
  4. Virginia Tech 87
  5. Princeton University 87
  6. Carnegie Mellon University 86
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 85
  8. Colorado School of Mines 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NYU 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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