Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476.

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 Austin Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UT Austin 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.

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 31% went to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	67
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Austin Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

If you plan to be a civil eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Austin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	214

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineers	10,710	$113,370
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.