Civil Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

What traits are you looking for in a civil eng school? To help you decide if University of Colorado Boulder is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's civil eng program.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 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.

CU - Boulder Civil Engineering Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Civil Engineering Rankings

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Civil Engineering Master’s Program

The civil eng program at CU - Boulder awarded 40 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women.

Of the students who received a civil eng master's degree from CU - Boulder, 57% 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 20% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Environmental 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineers	2,500	$111,610
Environmental Engineers	1,260	$98,350
Petroleum Engineers	1,240	$153,640

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.