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Highest earning civil engineering programs in Illinois
Illinois civil engineering programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Public, 4-year | $73,397 | 119 |
| 2 | Bradley University | Peoria | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $72,573 | 38 |
| 3 | Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,760 | 46 |
| 4 | University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public, 4-year | $69,310 | 95 |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | Public, 4-year | $67,260 | 42 |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | Public, 4-year | $65,269 | 41 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.
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