Civil Engineering at San Diego State University

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

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 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.

SDSU Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng

SDSU Civil Engineering Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #128 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a master’s in civil eng from SDSU in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.