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Civil engineering at UC Irvine

UC Irvine graduates about 116 civil engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $96,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $13 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#8 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year1161% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$96,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$13Ma year, NSF
Admit rate29%whole school

Around UC Irvine

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UCI Engineering HallPhoto: Alexliwiththe3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium and Rockwell Engineering Center des
McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium & Rockwell Engineering CenterPhoto: Alexliwiththe3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Engineering Tower, located in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, is th
Engineering Tower and Computer Science BuildingPhoto: Alexliwiththe3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Hey, Stop That! (15578824734)Photo: incidencematrix · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: McDonnell-Douglas Engineering Auditorium, Rockwell Engineering Center, Engineering Laboratory Facility, UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering Laboratory, Engineering Hall, Engineering and Computing Trailer, Engineering Lecture Hall, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, Engineering Gateway, Engineering Tower.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 128 · Academic 107 · Student housing 52 · Offices 16 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. The University of Texas–Austin 94
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  3. Northeastern University 92
  4. University of Washington 92
  5. Purdue University–Main Campus 91
  6. Texas A&M University 90
  7. University of California San Diego 89
  8. University of California, Los Angeles 89

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Irvine 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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