Civil engineering at UConn
UConn graduates about 80 civil engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 40th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $88,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $23 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UConn
Where civil engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: University Planning, Design and Construction, Engineering Science Building, Engineering II, Pratt & Whitney Engineering Building, Information Technology Engineering Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 64 · Academic 60 · Student housing 19 · Athletics 11 · Arts 9 · Chapel 8.
Nearby in the civil engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UConn
- Health & pre-med fields 92 · #4
- Biology 91 · #19
- Music 91 · #21
- Communications & media 89 · #38
- Languages 89 · #58
- Accounting 89 · #33
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UConn 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.