Civil engineering at South Alabama
South Alabama graduates about 32 civil engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 198th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a light program at 38 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $78,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.92×). Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where civil engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Laboratory Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 48 · Dorm 29 · Athletics 14 · Fraternity or sorority house 11 · Arts 3 · Library 2.
Nearby in the civil engineering ranking
Other strong majors at South Alabama
- English & writing 66 · #261
- Health & pre-med fields 65 · #307
- Education 65 · #251
- Nursing 64 · #230
- Biology 63 · #356
- Engineering (all) 58 · #263
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares South Alabama 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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