Civil Engineering at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. Of the 6,627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 2021, 70 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.

SFSU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

SFSU Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at SFSU 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 SFSU 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
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	112
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from SFSU Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $65,046. This is 6% higher than $61,387, which is the national average for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from SFSU in 2020-2021, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Francisco State University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	10
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SFSU 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 CA, the home state for San Francisco 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 Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.