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Pennsylvania State University - Altoona BS in Civil Engineering

The main focus area for this major is Trasportation Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Civil Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Pennsylvania State University - Altoona. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in civil eng, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State Altoona BS in Civil Eng

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The civil eng major at Penn State Altoona is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil Eng. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State Altoona.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Civil Engineering Graduates 69
Most Focused Colleges for Civil Engineering 127
Most Popular Colleges for Civil Engineering 267

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Civil Eng from Penn State Altoona Cost?

$15,206 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State Altoona Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Penn State Altoona paid an average of $997 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $592 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In State Out of State
Tuition $14,214 $23,924
Fees $992 $992
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State Altoona tuition and fees.

Penn State Altoona Civil Eng BS Student Debt

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 Penn State Altoona took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,346.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Civil Eng From Penn State Altoona?

$60,000 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

civil eng who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State Altoona make an average of $60,000 a year during the early days of their career. That is 3% higher than the national average of $57,979.

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Does Penn State Altoona Offer an Online BS in Civil Eng?

Penn State Altoona 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 Penn State Altoona Online Learning page.

Penn State Altoona Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Civil Eng

5 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
20.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 5 bachelor’s degrees in civil eng handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in civil eng in 2018-2019, none of them were women.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in civil eng at Penn State Altoona in 2018-2019, 20.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BS in Civil Eng Focus Areas at Penn State Altoona

Civil Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Trasportation Engineering 5

References

*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.

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