Civil Engineering at University of Maine

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

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and approximately 11,741 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UMaine.

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.

UMaine 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 UMaine

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? UMaine offers distance education options for civil eng at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UMaine Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how UMaine 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 UMaine 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 Schools	62
Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	123
Most Popular Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	135
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	241

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UMaine. This makes it the #136 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #63 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from UMaine Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMaine is $57,228. This is less than $61,387, which is the national average of all civil eng majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UMaine

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

UMaine Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from UMaine in 2020-2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 96% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at UMaine 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 Maine with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMaine Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at UMaine awarded 9 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 44% of these degrees went to men with the other 56% going to women.

Of the students who received a civil eng master's degree from UMaine, 56% 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 Maine with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UMaine also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Surveying Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer 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 ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Civil Engineers	1,130	$82,160
Architectural and Engineering Managers	760	$124,230
Engineers	610	$85,800
Engineering Professors	150	$87,920
Environmental Engineers	110	$75,440

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 Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.