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 The University of Texas at Austin. 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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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. UT Austin is in the top 10% of the country for civil eng. More specifically it was ranked #15 out of 253 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UT Austin paid an average of $1,795 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $542 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,448 | $40,032 |
Books and Supplies | $714 | $714 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,286 | $12,286 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,480 | $4,480 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Civil Eng students who received their bachelor’s degree at UT Austin took out an average of $22,750 in student loans. That is 3% lower than the national average of $23,346.
The median early career salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UT Austin is $66,159 per year. That is 14% higher than the national average of $57,979.
Online degrees for the UT Austin civil eng bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.
Women made up around 29.9% 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 UT Austin in 2019-2020, 54.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 33 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 56 |
International Students | 8 |
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 | 144 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 168 |
Architectural Engineering | 34 |
Biomedical Engineering | 131 |
Chemical Engineering | 180 |
Electrical Engineering | 359 |
*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.