Education & Training
Civil Engineering
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Architectural and Engineering Managers Master's degree
- Civil Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar Bachelor's degree
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Environmental Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Mechatronics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Microsystems Engineers Master's degree
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Nanosystems Engineers Doctoral or professional degree
- Petroleum Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Photonics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Robotics Engineers Bachelor's degree
- Transportation Engineers Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | — | — | — | 15 |
| Associate degree | — | $70,850 | — | 26 |
| Bachelor's degree | $72,633 | $85,076 | $21,594 | 318 |
| Master's degree | $84,832 | $96,805 | $30,958 | 208 |
| Doctoral degree | — | — | — | 145 |
| Professional degree | — | — | — | 2 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.