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 Catholic University of America. 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. The bachelor's program at CUA was ranked #79 on College Factual's Best Schools for civil eng list. It is also ranked #2 in District of Columbia.
Here are some of the other rankings for CUA.
Part-time undergraduates at CUA paid an average of $1,925 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. 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 | $48,600 | $48,600 |
Fees | $816 | $816 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,820 | $15,820 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,150 | $3,150 |
Learn more about CUA 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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at CUA in Civil Eng walked away with an average of $21,500 in student debt. That is 8% lower than the national average of $23,346.
The median early career salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor’s degree from CUA is $67,846 per year. That is 17% higher than the national average of $57,979.
CUA 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 CUA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 32.0% 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%.
Around 12.0% of civil eng bachelor’s degree recipients at CUA in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 17 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 25 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to civil engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Biomedical Engineering | 27 |
Electrical Engineering | 15 |
Mechanical Engineering | 39 |
*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.