Civil Engineering at Duke University

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

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from Duke.

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.

Duke Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Duke Civil Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at Duke 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
	29

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Duke. This makes it the #69 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from Duke. About 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Duke since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Duke University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Duke Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Duke also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Electrical 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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Civil Engineers	8,840	$86,270
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineers	1,540	$83,900
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Environmental Engineers	1,220	$82,110

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 Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.