Civil Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Every civil engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the civil eng program at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and approximately 1,686 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from New Mexico Tech.

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.

New Mexico Tech Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

New Mexico Tech Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	52
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools	230
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	242
	248
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	257

Earnings of New Mexico Tech Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at New Mexico Tech is $48,135. This is less than $61,387, which is the national average of all civil eng majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in civil eng from New Mexico Tech. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at New Mexico Tech since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

New Mexico Tech also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Petroleum 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Civil Engineers	1,430	$88,840
Environmental Engineers	420	$95,720
Mining and Geological Engineers	240	$140,130

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.