Civil Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAB Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UAB Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UAB 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #120 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UAB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the civil eng majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

UAB Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at UAB are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UAB Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	61

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Electrical Engineering
• Materials 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Civil Engineers	4,370	$84,320
Engineers	3,730	$115,710
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Environmental Engineers	770	$82,020
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.