Civil Engineering at Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Bachelor's Degree · about 28 graduates a year

$74,748
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$88,996
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$86,517
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#67 of 233
Rank by pay
#140 of 233
Rank, wage-adjusted
$27,000
Median federal debt

Syracuse University graduates in civil engineering earn 3% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 30% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Syracuse University Compares for Civil Engineering

All 233 colleges reporting civil engineering earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA$108,548$98,772#8$78,142
2The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY$108,466$103,237#2—
3Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY$108,246$103,028#3—
4University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA$106,308$96,733#17$85,262
5Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA$105,594$96,084#19$84,883
6Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA$105,199$106,988#1—
7Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA$103,223$93,926#32$87,790
8California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA$101,072$91,969#42$80,673
9George Washington University Washington, DC$100,990$88,493#89—
10Northeastern University Boston, MA$100,613$88,600#87$76,362
…
64Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ$89,233$91,688#47$70,721
65University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI$89,165$94,014#30$67,764
66University of Kansas Lawrence, KS$89,087$92,487#37$68,486
67Syracuse University Syracuse, NY$88,996$84,706#140$74,748
68Tufts University Medford, MA$88,924$78,307#208—
69Morgan State University Baltimore, MD$88,870$77,994#210$70,667
70Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ$88,184$90,611#60$66,589

Other Majors at Syracuse University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$120,773$82,378#36 of 459
Finance and Financial Management Services$120,274$72,819#18 of 452
Accounting and Related Services$112,682$75,294#15 of 796
Computer Engineering$110,988$84,793#75 of 189
Information Science/Studies$104,842$73,033#12 of 148
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$99,521$64,660#34 of 118
Business Administration, Management and Operations$91,472$65,009#47 of 1176
Mechanical Engineering$91,438$66,789#148 of 318
Marketing$91,235$57,777#18 of 516
Real Estate$90,764$59,396#10 of 25
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$90,535$54,934#1 of 178
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$90,470$71,417#50 of 59
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$90,210$55,192#2 of 8
Public Administration$89,732$53,912#2 of 47
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$87,851$55,039#6 of 67
Biotechnology$87,596$44,418#3 of 13
Chemical Engineering$87,529$72,864#136 of 158
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$84,654$39,825#7 of 225
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering—$84,494—
Economics$83,649$55,974#149 of 368
Mathematics$81,941$53,223#74 of 309
Architectural Sciences and Technology$76,367$58,622#6 of 22
Political Science and Government$75,239$43,232#64 of 565
Geography and Cartography$71,543—#12 of 117
Design and Applied Arts$71,527$46,181#16 of 299
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$70,815$37,556#9 of 158
Journalism$70,404$40,757#11 of 187
Communication and Media Studies$70,106$36,767#45 of 660
Public Health$69,776$43,280#29 of 215
Security Science and Technology$69,491$31,750#8 of 45

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Syracuse University civil engineering graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $74,748 one year after graduating and $88,996 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Syracuse University rank for civil engineering?

Among 233 colleges reporting earnings for civil engineering graduates, Syracuse University ranks #67 by median pay four years after graduation, and #140 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is civil engineering at Syracuse University worth it?

Its graduates earn 3% more than the national median for civil engineering ($86,517), and the median federal debt at graduation is $27,000.

← All data for Syracuse University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.