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Civil engineering at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 223 civil engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 15th of 255 schools we score for civil engineering, a standout program at 87 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 $48 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#15 of 255 for civil engineering →
Graduates a year2233% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$88,0001.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$48Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Burruss Hall, at the head of the Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Bl
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Williams Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Pamplin Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Nearby in the civil engineering ranking

  1. University of California San Diego 89
  2. University of California, Los Angeles 89
  3. California State University–Sacramento 88
  4. Arizona State University 88
  5. New York University 87
  6. Princeton University 87
  7. Carnegie Mellon University 86
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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