Civil Engineering at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from Northwestern.

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.

Northwestern Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at Northwestern 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 Northwestern 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
Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	3
	6
	7
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	228
Most Focused Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	268

In 2021, 46 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Northwestern. This makes it the #24 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 civil eng students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Northwestern, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwestern since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northwestern Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at Northwestern awarded 46 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northwestern also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing 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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Environmental Engineers	1,410	$92,200
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.