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Civil Engineering

Infrastructure Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 112 13% 71% / 29% 8% $91,461 94 95% —
2 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 4 5% 25% / 75% 0% $95,276 92 94% —
3 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 190 43% 73% / 27% 12% $88,032 92 96% —
4 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 9 4% 33% / 67% 22% $122,256 99 94% —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 324 52% 71% / 29% 2% $94,808 95 98% —
6 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 112 11% 62% / 38% 7% $104,581 98 96% —
7 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 189 37% 62% / 38% 27% $90,751 92 97% —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 68 16% 68% / 32% 3% $89,983 85 91% —
9 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 177 22% 60% / 40% 3% $95,554 94 95% —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 215 55% 73% / 27% 2% $84,707 91 99% —

Bridge Builders

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA — 4% — — — — — —
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 18 4% 33% / 67% 28% $96,195 90 94% —
3 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 33 8% 30% / 70% 6% $100,258 92 97% —
4 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 21 7% 62% / 38% 14% $100,890 92 — —
5 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 43 4% 40% / 60% 12% $102,762 95 — —
6 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute, IN 29 77% 69% / 31% 0% $89,394 87 96% —
7 United States Air Force Academy
Usaf Academy, CO
Usaf Academy, CO 39 12% 59% / 41% 3% $84,156 — — —
8 United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
West Point, NY 35 12% 83% / 17% 0% $84,733 — — —
9 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 90 9% 57% / 43% 3% $102,084 96 95% —
10 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 96 29% 68% / 32% 2% $91,984 91 97% —

Project Managers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Bucknell
Lewisburg, PA
Lewisburg, PA 29 32% 76% / 24% 10% $88,296 84 100% —
2 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 21 11% 57% / 43% 14% $106,890 95 100% —
3 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 87 83% 70% / 30% 0% $87,138 89 96% —
4 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 275 55% 71% / 29% 6% $88,456 90 98% —
5 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 14 8% 43% / 57% 21% $94,796 89 94% —
6 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, MD 74 9% 65% / 35% 1% $84,314 — — —
7 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 104 44% 61% / 39% 8% $98,091 95 96% —
8 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 99 71% 60% / 40% 17% $86,674 89 95% —
9 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 79 42% 76% / 24% 5% $93,627 95 96% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 86 41% 56% / 44% 2% $83,988 87 96% —

Hard Hat Ready

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 134 88% 80% / 20% 11% $90,992 93 96% —
2 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 5 6% 80% / 20% 0% $102,991 94 — —
3 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 119 49% 74% / 26% 2% $82,114 86 96% —
4 Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara, CA 20 48% 60% / 40% 0% $111,831 98 100% —
5 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 104 23% 66% / 34% 1% $87,493 93 95% —
6 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 96 79% 79% / 21% 3% $83,670 91 94% —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 118 45% 74% / 26% 2% $90,438 93 96% —
8 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 34 12% 62% / 35% 9% $116,779 98 98% —
9 Villanova
Villanova, PA
Villanova, PA 54 30% 57% / 43% 0% $87,148 82 98% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT — 4% — — — — — —

The Deep Bench

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO 71 29% 56% / 44% 0% $91,060 92 92% —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 66 82% 71% / 29% 6% $85,902 91 96% —
3 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 14 5% 21% / 79% 0% $105,111 93 — —
4 Gonzaga
Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA 29 80% 76% / 24% 0% $85,891 87 98% —
5 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 150 85% 80% / 20% 5% $89,551 93 97% —
6 Manhattan
Riverdale, NY
Riverdale, NY 89 62% 75% / 25% 2% $105,202 97 96% —
7 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY 46 9% 70% / 30% 24% $95,184 91 96% —
8 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 134 40% 76% / 24% 1% $86,075 91 98% —
9 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 129 75% 75% / 25% 4% $89,639 93 100% —
10 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 63 29% 54% / 46% 2% $94,661 93 100% —
11 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 71 66% 69% / 31% 8% $91,240 96 95% —
12 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN 42 9% 48% / 52% 5% $94,259 87 100% —
13 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 84 75% 60% / 40% 2% $89,281 95 96% —