Civil Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 89 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UC Berkeley.

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.

UC Berkeley Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley 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 Popular Civil Engineering Schools	6
	9
	16

In 2021, 179 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #1 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UC Berkeley Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $69,327. This is 13% higher than $61,387, which is the national average for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 89 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	27
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UC Berkeley Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 179 students who earned a master's degree in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	51
International Students	76
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 26 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.