Civil Engineering at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is located in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 4,367. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

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.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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 Master’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Civil Engineering Schools	14
Most Focused Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	99
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	169
Most Popular Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico. This makes it the #99 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 68% 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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico with a bachelor's in civil eng.

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

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 15 civil eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 93% of degree recipients. That is 65% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 PR, the home state for Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.