Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Every civil engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the civil eng program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,308 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2021, 52 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.

SIUE Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

SIUE Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how SIUE performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at SIUE 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
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools	7
Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	20
Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	73

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from SIUE. This makes it the #73 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from SIUE Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUE is $57,616. This is less than $61,387, which is the national average of all civil eng majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in civil eng from SIUE in 2021, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at SIUE are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SIUE Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a master’s in civil eng from SIUE in 2021, 86% were men and 14% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Robotics Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Civil Engineers	10,970	$94,570
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineers	4,000	$87,220
Environmental Engineers	1,410	$92,200
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.