2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

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In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 108 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general civil engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in District of Columbia

1

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of the District of Columbia General Civil Engineering Report

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full CUA General Civil Engineering Report

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 17 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at Howard

4

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at George Washington University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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