The main focus area for this major is General Civil Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Civil Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Northeastern University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in civil eng, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Northeastern is in the top 10% of the country for civil eng. More specifically it was ranked #17 out of 253 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Northeastern.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Northeastern paid an average of $1,638 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $54,360 | $54,360 |
Fees | $1,092 | $1,092 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $17,480 | $17,480 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about Northeastern tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Civil Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at Northeastern took out an average of $29,500 in student loans. That is 26% higher than the national average of $23,346.
The median early career salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Northeastern is $67,800 per year. That is 17% higher than the national average of $57,979.
Northeastern does not offer an online option for its civil eng bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeastern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 49.4% of the civil eng students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in civil eng at Northeastern in 2019-2020, 23.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 44 |
International Students | 13 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Civil Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Civil Engineering | 81 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to civil engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Chemical Engineering | 128 |
Computer Engineering | 109 |
Electrical Engineering | 84 |
Mechanical Engineering | 250 |
Industrial Engineering | 68 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.