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Civil engineering at Purdue

Purdue graduates about 176 civil engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 9th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $91,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $44 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#9 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year1762% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$91,0001.07× the same major nationally
Research in the field$44Ma year, NSF
Admit rate50%whole school
SAT middle 50%1220–1470whole school

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Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering (HAMP), Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering (FRNY), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE), Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering, Potter Engineering Center (POTR), Electrical Engineering (EE), Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (MSEE).

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 209 · Dorm 75 · Athletics 12 · Student housing 9 · Dining 4 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  2. Northeastern University 92
  3. University of Washington 92
  4. University of California, Irvine 91
  5. Texas A&M University 90
  6. University of California San Diego 89
  7. University of California, Los Angeles 89
  8. California State University–Sacramento 88

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Purdue 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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