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Highest earning master's civil engineering programs in the United States
U.S. 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 | Manhattan University | Riverdale | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $91,351 | 37 |
| 2 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Newark | Public, 4-year | $89,700 | 105 |
| 3 | University of California-San Diego | La Jolla | Public, 4-year | $89,543 | 47 |
| 4 | Villanova University | Villanova | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $89,030 | 48 |
| 5 | Norwich University | Northfield | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $88,671 | 30 |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $88,198 | 33 |
| 7 | California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton | Public, 4-year | $87,800 | 42 |
| 8 | University of Washington | Seattle | Public, 4-year | $87,462 | 118 |
| 9 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | $87,247 | 31 |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | Davis | Public, 4-year | $86,909 | 44 |
| 11 | Ohio University | Athens | Public, 4-year | $86,245 | 36 |
| 12 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | Public, 4-year | $85,887 | 34 |
| 13 | Stanford University | Stanford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $83,740 | 61 |
| 14 | Northeastern University | Boston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $83,591 | 37 |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Public, 4-year | $83,515 | 40 |
| 16 | George Mason University | Fairfax | Public, 4-year | $83,394 | 35 |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | $81,415 | 48 |
| 18 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Atlanta | Public, 4-year | $80,401 | 32 |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Public, 4-year | $79,099 | 60 |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | Public, 4-year | $76,239 | 47 |
| 21 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg | Public, 4-year | $76,016 | 64 |
| 22 | University of Florida | Gainesville | Public, 4-year | $75,768 | 32 |
| 23 | Utah State University | Logan | Public, 4-year | $75,757 | 30 |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Public, 4-year | $75,570 | 65 |
| 25 | Oregon State University | Corvallis | Public, 4-year | $74,081 | 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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