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Civil Engineering and Related Studies is a degree category that consists of the following common degrees:

  • Civil Engineering

    Satisfaction:

    Medium

    Avg Grad Salary:

    $94k

    Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering

    Satisfaction:

    N/A

    Avg Grad Salary:

    $96k

    Structural Engineering

    So next time you are stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on a bridge, you can thank a structural engineer for making sure that it can support the enormous weight of itself and the cars and trucks on it. Next time you look up at a skinny skyscraper on a windy day and wonder how it’s not swaying or toppling over, you can thank a structural engineer for calculating and designing the giant counterweights placed at the top of the building. And if you find yourself endlessly fascinated by these and other similar engineering feats, the field of structural engineering may be calling you.

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