Civil Engineering at United States Coast Guard Academy

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

USCGA is located in New London, Connecticut and has a total student population of 1,056. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from USCGA.

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.

USCGA Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

USCGA Civil Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at USCGA 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	4
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	6
Most Popular Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	206
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	226

Civil Eng Student Demographics at USCGA

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

USCGA Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from USCGA. 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 USCGA since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at USCGA 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 Coast Guard Academy with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Operations Research

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 CT, the home state for United States Coast Guard Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Civil Engineers	3,630	$93,630
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Engineers	940	$100,230
Environmental Engineers	830	$88,810
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280

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 USCG Public Affairs photograph of United States Coast Guard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.