Civil Engineering at Seattle University

If you are interested in studying civil engineering, you may want to check out the program at Seattle University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Seattle U is located in Seattle, Washington and approximately 7,050 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,446 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University in 2021, 28 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.

Seattle U Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Seattle U Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at Seattle U 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 Seattle U 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
	139
Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Seattle U. This makes it the #144 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Seattle U

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

Seattle U Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Seattle U in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Seattle U since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Seattle University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Seattle U Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Civil Engineering from Seattle U in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• 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 WA, the home state for Seattle University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Civil Engineers	11,440	$93,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Engineers	3,160	$104,890
Environmental Engineers	1,870	$99,750
Engineering Professors	800	$101,880

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.