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 Purdue University - Main Campus. 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. The bachelor's program at Purdue was ranked #41 on College Factual's Best Schools for civil eng list. It is also ranked #3 in Indiana.
Here are some of the other rankings for Purdue.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Purdue was $948 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
Fees | $784 | $784 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,030 | $10,030 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,760 | $1,760 |
Learn more about Purdue tuition and fees.
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 Purdue took out an average of $20,000 in student loans. That is 14% lower than the national average of $23,346.
The median early career salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Purdue is $67,324 per year. That is 16% higher than the national average of $57,979.
Purdue 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 Purdue Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in civil eng in 2019-2020, 29.2% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 27.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.5% of the civil eng bachelor’s degrees at Purdue in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 14 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 99 |
International Students | 22 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
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 | 161 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to civil engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 252 |
Agricultural Engineering | 83 |
Biomedical Engineering | 75 |
Chemical Engineering | 161 |
Computer Engineering | 219 |
*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.