Civil engineering at UIC
UIC graduates about 98 civil engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 128th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a solid program at 54 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $84,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UIC
Where civil engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Science & Engineering Offices, Engineering Innovation Building, Engineering Research Facility, Science and Engineering Laboratories, Science and Engineering - South.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 65 · Dining 11 · Athletics 8 · Arts 4 · Dorm 3 · Library 1.
Nearby in the civil engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UIC
- Criminal justice 84 · #43
- Computer science 81 · #107
- Education 80 · #54
- Accounting 79 · #103
- Art & design 79 · #114
- History 78 · #132
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UIC 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.