Civil Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Every civil engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the civil eng program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo stacks up to those at other schools.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,421 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in 2021, 172 of them were civil engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Civil Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Civil Engineering Schools	10
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	33

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. This makes it the #29 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $72,381. This is 18% higher than $61,387, which is the national average for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 172 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil eng bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	81
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	21
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil eng can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.