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Civil engineering at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 89 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 12th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $97,000 four years out, 1.14× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $14 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#12 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year89under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$97,0001.14× the same major nationally
Research in the field$14Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

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YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
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Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering VI, Engineering V, Engineering IV.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Irvine 91
  2. Purdue University–Main Campus 91
  3. Texas A&M University 90
  4. University of California San Diego 89
  5. California State University–Sacramento 88
  6. Arizona State University 88
  7. Virginia Tech 87
  8. New York University 87

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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