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Highest earning civil engineering programs in New York
New York 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 | Cornell University | Ithaca | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $80,261 | 32 |
| 2 | Manhattan University | Riverdale | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $75,290 | 128 |
| 3 | Syracuse University | Syracuse | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $74,748 | 60 |
| 4 | New York University | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $72,628 | 31 |
| 5 | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | Public, 4-year | $71,856 | 45 |
| 6 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $71,790 | 55 |
| 7 | Clarkson University | Potsdam | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $70,136 | 93 |
| 8 | CUNY City College | New York | Public, 4-year | $67,194 | 90 |
| 9 | University at Buffalo | Buffalo | Public, 4-year | $64,604 | 122 |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | Utica | Public, 4-year | $63,637 | 34 |
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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