Civil Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has a total student population of 11,728. In 2021, 35 civil eng majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Chattanooga.

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.

UT Chattanooga Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

UT Chattanooga Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at UT Chattanooga compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UT Chattanooga 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 Focused Civil Engineering Schools	150

Earnings of UT Chattanooga Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Chattanooga is $57,404. 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 UT Chattanooga

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

UT Chattanooga Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from UT Chattanooga in 2020-2021, 89% were men and 11% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at UT Chattanooga 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 The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	27
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Chattanooga 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
• General Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Engineers	4,250	$82,030
Civil Engineers	3,490	$93,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Environmental Engineers	1,060	$93,620
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.