Civil Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

If you are interested in studying civil engineering, you may want to check out the program at Florida Atlantic University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 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.

FAU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Civil Eng (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng

FAU Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at FAU 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.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% 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 FAU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FAU Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Atlantic University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	85

Related Majors

• Surveying Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Civil Engineers	16,750	$89,480
Engineers	8,570	$82,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Environmental Engineers	1,480	$80,540
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.