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2026 Highest Paid Civil Engineering Grads in Mississippi

[Civil Engineering](/majors/engineering/civil-engineering/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a civil engineering degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their civil engineering graduates.

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• Highest Paid Civil Engineering Grads in Mississippi

2026 Highest Paid Civil Engineering Grads in Mississippi

Below are the schools whose civil engineering graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid Civil Engineering Graduates

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

$84,639 Average Early-Career Salary

Mississippi State University tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying civil engineering schools in Mississippi. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State University is a public institution. Civil Engineering graduates of Mississippi State University earn a median of about $84,639 a year early in their careers.

2

University Of Mississippi Main Campus
University, MS

$83,228 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Mississippi Main Campus produces some of the highest-paid graduates in civil engineering, landing the #2 spot this year. Located in the town of University, University Of Mississippi Main Campus is a public institution. Students who complete the civil engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $83,228.

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Jackson State University
Jackson, MS

$85,146 Average Early-Career Salary

Jackson State University came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying civil engineering schools. Located in the city of Jackson, Jackson State University is a public institution. Civil Engineering graduates of Jackson State University earn a median of about $85,146 a year early in their careers.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries civil engineering graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.