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. Of the 10,592 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021, 121 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.

UT Austin Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how UT Austin 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	19

In 2021, 59 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UT Austin. This makes it the #19 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $64,984. This is 6% higher than $61,387, which is the national average for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 121 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UT Austin. About 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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	27
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	50
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Austin Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 59 civil eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 76% were men and 24% were 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	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	22
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 34 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.