Civil Engineering at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 137 of them were civil engineering majors.

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.

SDSU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

SDSU Civil Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at SDSU 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
	38

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from SDSU. This makes it the #61 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #128 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of SDSU Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $63,495. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from SDSU. About 70% were men and 30% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 1% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	35
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

SDSU Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at SDSU awarded 25 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.