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Civil engineering at UW–Platteville

UW–Platteville graduates about 82 civil engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 184th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a light program at 42 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $82,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

42/100Light#184 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year826% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$82,0000.96× the same major nationally
Admit rate85%whole school

Around UW–Platteville

Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School, Univ. of W
Ullrich Hall PlattevillePhoto: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
UW-Platteville campus
UW-PlattevillePhoto: Wikideas1 · CC0 · source
Rountree Hall, 30 North Elm St. Platteville
Rountree HallPhoto: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
A view of downtown Platteville at night
Downtown at night PlattevillePhoto: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 18 · Dorm 16 · Dining 3 · Athletics 2 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. Louisiana Tech University 43
  2. United States Coast Guard Academy 42
  3. Texas State University 42
  4. South Dakota State University 42
  5. Florida Gulf Coast University 41
  6. University of Hartford 41
  7. Tennessee Technological University 41
  8. University of Akron 40

Other strong majors at UW–Platteville

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UW–Platteville 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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