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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from Cornell.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Civil Eng

Cornell Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Civil Engineering Schools	14

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Cornell. This makes it the #53 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from Cornell Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $67,621. This is 10% higher than $61,387, which is the national average for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 civil eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	14
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Cornell Civil Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a master's degree in civil eng from Cornell. About 37% of these graduates were women and the other 63% were men.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.