Civil Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 students attend the school each year.

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.

URI Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

URI Civil Engineering Rankings

The civil eng major at URI 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #110 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at URI

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

URI Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of civil eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 URI since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at URI 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 Rhode Island with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

URI Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

Of the students who received a civil eng master's degree from URI, 73% 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 Rhode Island with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Rhode Island. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Civil Engineering	60

Related Majors

• Industrial Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Chemical 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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Civil Engineers	810	$87,220
Engineers	550	$95,790
Architectural and Engineering Managers	480	$151,670
Engineering Professors	210	$137,620
Environmental Engineers	160	$91,940

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 Tnricci under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.