Civil Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

If you are interested in studying civil engineering, you may want to check out the program at United States Air Force Academy. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and has a total student population of 4,307. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from USAFA.

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.

USAFA Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

USAFA Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at USAFA 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 USAFA 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	30
Most Popular Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	172

Civil Eng Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The civil eng program at USAFA awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 88% of these degrees went to men with the other 13% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at USAFA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry
• Computer 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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineers	2,500	$111,610
Environmental Engineers	1,260	$98,350
Petroleum Engineers	1,240	$153,640

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 David Shankbone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.