Civil Engineering at Michigan Technological University

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

Michigan Tech is located in Houghton, Michigan and approximately 6,873 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received their master's degree in civil eng.

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.

Michigan Tech Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Michigan Tech

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

• Master’s Degree

Michigan Tech Civil Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at Michigan Tech

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

Michigan Tech Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 13 civil eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Michigan Tech, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Mining Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Geoscience Engineering
• Robotics 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 MI, the home state for Michigan Technological University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Civil Engineers	7,270	$82,240
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Environmental Engineers	1,420	$93,770

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 Michigan Technological University Photo Services under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.