Civil Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying civil engineering, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,771. Of the 3,879 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus in 2021, 112 of them were civil engineering majors.

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.

Georgia Tech Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at Georgia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at Georgia Tech 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
Most Focused Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	16
Best Civil Engineering Schools	21
	27
	45
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	70

In 2021, 68 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #16 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from Georgia Tech Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $66,586. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 112 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	56
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Georgia Tech Civil Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students graduated with a master's degree in civil eng from Georgia Tech. About 69% were men and 31% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	26
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 26 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Civil Engineers	9,180	$81,110
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineers	4,380	$93,580
Environmental Engineers	1,710	$79,700
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.