General Civil Engineering at George Washington University

If you plan to study general civil engineering, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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

GWU General Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Civil Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Civil Engineering

GWU General Civil Engineering Rankings

The general civil engineering major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in general civil engineering, making the school the #105 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Civil Engineering Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general civil engineering majors at George Washington University.

GWU General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of general civil engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical general civil engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering at GWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GWU General Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of general civil engineering master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That General Civil Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general civil engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,360	$152,130
Civil Engineers	1,110	$99,820

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.