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 Virginia Tech. 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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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Virginia Tech is in the top 10% of the country for civil eng. More specifically it was ranked #24 out of 253 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Virginia Tech.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Virginia Tech paid an average of $1,248 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $476 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 | $11,420 | $29,960 |
Fees | $2,329 | $2,933 |
Books and Supplies | $1,100 | $1,100 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,556 | $9,556 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,350 | $3,350 |
Learn more about Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 7% higher than the national average of $23,346.
civil eng who receive their bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech make an average of $64,493 a year during the early days of their career. That is 11% higher than the national average of $57,979.
Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech Online Learning page.
About 33.3% of the students who received their BS in civil eng in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in civil eng at Virginia Tech in 2019-2020, 17.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 14 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 142 |
International Students | 12 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
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 | 189 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 138 |
Agricultural Engineering | 54 |
Chemical Engineering | 110 |
Computer Engineering | 179 |
Electrical Engineering | 133 |
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*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.
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