General Civil Engineering at Northwestern University

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

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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.

Northwestern General Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern General Civil Engineering Rankings

The general civil engineering major at Northwestern 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 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in general civil engineering, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Civil Engineering Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of general civil engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 Northwestern since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering at Northwestern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general civil engineering 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 general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Northwestern General Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of general civil engineering master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 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
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.