General Civil Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Civil Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CU - Boulder General Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Civil Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Civil Engineering

CU - Boulder General Civil Engineering Rankings

The general civil engineering major at CU - Boulder is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in general civil engineering, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Civil Engineering Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general civil engineering majors at University of Colorado Boulder.

CU - Boulder General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of general civil engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical general civil engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at CU - Boulder since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general civil engineering at CU - Boulder are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's in general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	31
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

CU - Boulder General Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of general civil engineering master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

Of the students who received a general civil engineering master's degree from CU - Boulder, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a master's in general civil engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That General Civil Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general civil engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.