General Civil Engineering
Stem Major
Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2020
declining 1.47%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
growing 0.0695%
Median Out-of-State​
growing 0.763%
Average Wage
growing 1.27%
People in Workforce
Average Employee Age
declining 0.391%
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The locations with the highest concentration of General Civil Engineering degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and College Station, TX. The locations with a relatively high number of General Civil Engineering degree recipients are University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, PA, Golden, CO, and Kingsville, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Civil Engineering is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Civil Engineering and the types of students that study this field. Texas A & M University-College Station awards the most degrees in General Civil Engineering in the US, but Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and Virginia Military Institute have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering.
Tuition costs for General Civil Engineering majors are, on average, $7,914 for in-state public colleges, and $44,890 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Civil Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (199 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (17,402 completions).
Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Civil Engineering
University of California-Berkeley
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (17,402 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Civil Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Tuition Costs for Common Institutions
State TuitionOut Of State TuitionTotal Graduates
Median In-State Public
Median Out of State Private
Texas A & M University-College Station has the most General Civil Engineering degree recipients, with 383 degrees awarded in 2020.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering.
Specialized Colleges
Highest Concentration Institution
Out of all institutions that offer General Civil Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering, with 15.5%.
Degrees Awarded by County
Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Civil Engineering
Los Angeles County, CA
Santa Clara County, CA
Brazos County, TX
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering by year.
Growth in Awarded Degrees
Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
Burleigh County, ND
Western District, AS
Atchison County, KS
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Civil Engineering.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Engineering graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Engineering majors is $115,761 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most Engineering majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Civil Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.
Average Wage in Workforce
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Engineering majors.
Highest Paying Locations
Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY
Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY
Menlo Park, East Palo Alto Cities & Atherton Town PUMA, CA
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Engineering majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Engineering majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Engineering majors, by number of employees, are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Other managers.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Engineering majors working as Chemical engineers, Civil engineers, and Aerospace engineers.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Engineering majors are Podiatrists, Surgeons, and Physicians.
The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.65%, from 4.28M in 2019 to 4.44M in 2020.
The largest single share of Engineering graduates go on to work as Software developers (8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Engineering by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Engineering majors, by number of employees, are Architectural, engineering & related services, Computer Systems Design, and Construction.
The highest paying industries of Engineering majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Offices of physicians, and Oil & gas extraction.
The industry which employs the most Engineering graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Computer Systems Design. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Engineering.
Specialty Locations
PUMAS with a relatively high number of Engineering majors
Carr 2-Carr 111 PUMA, PR
Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 43.1.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering (10,369 students).
Workforce Age
Average Age in 2020
± 0.152 Years
1 Year Change
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 35 years old, which represent 2.82% and 2.71% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Civil Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions
Male (71.8%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Civil Engineering.
Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded
Non-resident Alien
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Civil Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
1 to 2 Year Postsecondary CertificateAssociates DegreeBachelors DegreePostbaccalaureate CertificateMasters DegreePost-Masters CertificateResearch Doctorate
Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Civil Engineering. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
People in WorkforcePeople in Workforce (RCA)
Most Common Countries of Origin
458,817 degree recipients
79,748 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
4.38 times more than expected
Other Asia, not specified
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.38 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (458,817 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Civil Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Civil Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Civil Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Programming, and Management of Financial Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Civil Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Technology Design is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, and Mathematics are the three most important skills for people in the field.
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