Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University

If you plan to study civil engineering, take a look at what Santa Clara University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 19 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.

SCU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

SCU Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at SCU 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 SCU 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
	16
Best Civil Engineering Schools	28
Most Focused Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	145
Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Popular Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	220

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from SCU. This makes it the #164 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The civil eng program at SCU awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 68% of these degrees went to men with the other 32% 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 SCU since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SCU Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at SCU awarded 5 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 Santa Clara 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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.