Civil Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,511 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 2021, 7 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.

Stanford Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stanford

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Stanford does offer online education options in civil eng for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Civil Engineering Rankings

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

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 Stanford 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 Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	1
Best Civil Engineering Schools	4
Best Value Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Most Popular Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	259

In 2021, 140 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Stanford. This makes it the #4 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 28 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 civil eng students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Stanford, about 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in civil eng.

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

Stanford Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at Stanford awarded 140 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	36
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 28 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials 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 Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.