Civil Engineering at Purdue University Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest is located in Hammond, Indiana and has a total student population of 9,363. In 2021, 26 civil eng majors received their bachelor's degree from Purdue Northwest.

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.

Purdue Northwest Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

Purdue Northwest Civil Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at Purdue Northwest 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Purdue Northwest

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

Purdue Northwest Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The civil eng program at Purdue Northwest awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 65% of these degrees went to men with the other 35% going to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue Northwest since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at Purdue Northwest are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Purdue University Northwest with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Northwest.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Civil Engineers	3,730	$82,420
Engineers	2,380	$73,340
Environmental Engineers	750	$82,180

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.