Civil Engineering at University of Alaska Anchorage

If you plan to study civil engineering, take a look at what University of Alaska Anchorage has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a total student population of 11,953.

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.

UAA Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UAA Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UAA 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.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UAA

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

UAA Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UAA since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UAA Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Civil Engineering

If you plan to be a civil eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alaska Anchorage. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	31

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• 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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Civil Engineers	1,260	$125,470
Engineers	760	$114,040
Petroleum Engineers	660	$161,290
Architectural and Engineering Managers	440	$151,640
Environmental Engineers	390	$116,680

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 Wonderlane under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.