Civil Engineering at University of California - Davis

Every civil engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the civil eng program at University of California - Davis stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and has a total student population of 39,074.

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 Davis Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Davis Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at UC Davis 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 UC Davis since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 - Davis with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	31
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UC Davis Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	30
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 California - Davis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	228
Trasportation Engineering	8
Civil Engineering	7

Related Majors

• Textile Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Electrical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.