General Civil Engineering at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

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.

Rice General Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Rice General Civil Engineering Rankings

The general civil engineering major at Rice 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in general civil engineering, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Civil Engineering Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of general civil engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% 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 Rice since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice General Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general civil engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

In the general civil engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

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

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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

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