Civil Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 civil eng majors received their bachelor's degree from UWM.

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.

UWM Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng

UWM Civil Engineering Rankings

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

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 UWM 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 Schools	136
	172
	175

How Much Do Civil Eng Graduates from UWM Make?

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWM is $58,793. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $61,387 for all civil eng students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 civil eng majors earned their bachelor's degree from UWM. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in civil eng at UWM 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	47
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UWM also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Civil Engineers	6,930	$78,660
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,530	$122,400
Engineers	910	$86,600
Environmental Engineers	680	$81,860
Engineering Professors	500	$103,980

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.