Civil Engineering at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 154 civil eng majors received their bachelor's degree from UCF.

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.

UCF Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCF offers distance education options for civil eng at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how UCF performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The civil eng major at UCF 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools	17
Most Focused Civil Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Best Value Civil Engineering Schools	70
	76

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UCF. This makes it the #51 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCF Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCF is $60,872. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from UCF in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Central Florida with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	74
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCF Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCF also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Civil Engineers	16,750	$89,480
Engineers	8,570	$82,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Environmental Engineers	1,480	$80,540
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.