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Civil engineering at USC

USC graduates about 31 civil engineering majors a year. That puts it 30th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $106,000 four years out, 1.25× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $10 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#30 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year31under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$106,0001.25× the same major nationally
Research in the field$10Ma year, NSF
Admit rate10%whole school
SAT middle 50%1470–1540whole school

Around USC

USC Physical Education Building (PED), designed by Parkinson & Parkinson as
Physical education building 1Photo: Seauton 13 April 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Ernie Shelton (sculptor), The Wild Bunch - Sporting Sculpture - Campus of Univer
Sporting Sculpture - Campus of University of Southern California - Los Angeles, Photo: Adam Jones, 2012-02-26 12:59, from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
"Evelia de Pie", sculpture by Francisco Zúñiga, Anna Bing Arnold Sculpture Garde
Zuniga evelia de pie 1Photo: Seauton 13 April 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
plaque at foot of statue honoring composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski at University o
Usc paderewski plaque 1Photo: Seauton 11 December 2024 · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where civil engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Beigler Hall of Engineering, Neely Petroleum Engineering, Olin Hall of Engineering, Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 106 · Dorm 15 · Arts 7 · Library 4 · Athletics 3 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. Columbia University 83
  2. University of Florida 82
  3. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  4. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 81
  6. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 80
  7. Northwestern University 80
  8. Duke University 80

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares USC 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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