Civil Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if University of California - Los Angeles is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UCLA.

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.

UCLA Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Civil Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the civil eng progam at UCLA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at UCLA 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	20
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools	80

In 2021, 71 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UCLA. This makes it the #15 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from UCLA Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $62,929. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng bachelor's degree recipients.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UCLA. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	18
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCLA Civil Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 71 civil eng majors earned their master's degree from UCLA. Of these graduates, 55% were men and 45% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	15
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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