Civil Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 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.

UT Knoxville Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Civil Engineering Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Civil Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of civil eng master's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

Of the students who received a civil eng master's degree from UT Knoxville, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Engineers	4,250	$82,030
Civil Engineers	3,490	$93,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Environmental Engineers	1,060	$93,620
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Nightryder84 under License

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