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Princeton, NJ · Civil engineering

Civil engineering at Princeton

Princeton graduates about 32 civil engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 17th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#17 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year323% of the class
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Princeton

Class of 1952 Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers lacrosse and field hockey te
Class of 1952 StadiumPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Roberts Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers soccer teams of Princeton Universi
Roberts StadiumPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Lenz Tennis Center, home to the Princeton Tigers tennis teams of Princeton U
Lenz Tennis CenterPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New College East, Princeton University, near completion on 8 May 2022
New College East, Princeton UniversityPhoto: Smileguy91 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 27 · Dorm 11 · Athletics 7 · Library 3 · Student housing 2 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. California State University–Sacramento 88
  2. Arizona State University 88
  3. Virginia Tech 87
  4. New York University 87
  5. Carnegie Mellon University 86
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 85
  7. Colorado School of Mines 85
  8. Johns Hopkins University 85

Other strong majors at Princeton

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Princeton 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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