Civil Engineering at Cornell University

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cornell Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Cornell Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at Cornell 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.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	11
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cornell Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

If you plan to be a civil eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	71

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineers	4,910	$95,270
Environmental Engineers	3,100	$90,470
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.