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- - - - --This includes smaller projects and bigger ones
        --33% of the projects he has done he doesn’t get paid for this can be because he is just typing up an initial report and then the company that needs the report does not get the bid for the land
  - - -  --Retaining walls on hills on the side of the site
         --The types of pipes one should use to drain water out of a site
         --The foundation for the site
- - - - Doctorate Offered
        
        University of California—Berkley
        Tuition and Fees: $42,112
        
        Georgia Tech
        Tuition and Fees: $33,014
        
        University of Illinois
        Tuition and Fees: $31,988
        
        University of Texas—Austin
        Tuition and Fees: $35,766
        
        MIT
        Tuition and Fees: $49,892
        
        University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
        Tuition and Fees: $47,476
        
        Purdue University
        Tuition and Fees: $28,804
        
        Virginia Tech
        Tuition and Fees: $29,371
        
        Stanford University
        Tuition and Fees: $49,617
        
        Cornell University
        Tuition and Fees: $52,853
        
        Texas A&M
        Tuition and Fees: $30,208
        
        Carnegie Mellon University
        Tuition and Fees: $53,910
        (US News and World Report)
      - Doctorate Not Offered
        
        West Point Academy
        Tuition and Fees: N/A
        
        Cal Poly University—San Luis Obispo
        Tuition and Fees: $21,312
        
        Rose Hulman Institute
        Tuition and Fees: $47,747
        
        Cal Poly University—Pomona
        Tuition and Fees: $19,177
        
        Bucknell University
        Tuition and Fees: $53,986
        (US News and World Report)
    - - Doctorate Offered
        
        University of Kentucky (99th overall)
        Tuition and Fees: $11,922
        
        University of Louisville (125th overall)
        Tuition and Fees: $11,264
        (US News and World Report)
      - Doctorate Not Offered
        
        WKU (92nd overall)
        Tuition and Fees: $10,202
        
        Murray State University (118th overall)
        Tuition and Fees: $8,820
        (US News and World Report)
  - - - General Civil Engineering
         $17,731 per year
        
        Construction Engineering
         $17,023 per year
        
        Structural Engineering
         $23,218 per year
        
        Water Resources Engineering
         $14,035 per year
        
        Transportation and Highway Engineering
         $29,334 per year
        (MyFuture.com)
      - Sub-Disciplines of Civil Engineering:
        --Structural Engineer
        --Environmental Engineer
        --Geotechnical Engineer
        --Construction Engineer
        --Water Resource Engineer
        --Ocean Engineer
        --Transportation Engineer
        --Government and Urban Planning Engineer
        (Career Opportunities in Civil Engineering)
        
        Structural Engineer:
        --Experts in building materials and how they are made
        --Design and construction of large projects such as skyscrapers, overpasses, and airplanes
        
        Environmental Engineer:
        --Use knowledge from biology and chemistry and develop pollution-reduction systems
        --Convert to clean water and air
        --Remove contamination from the earth
        --Also design industrial industries to limit the number of by-products produced by the factory
        
        Geotechnical Engineer:
        --Design structures built from, on, or in the ground
        --Knowledge of Nature and use of soils, minerals, and water to construct or support structures
        
        Construction Engineer:
        --Plan and oversee designs created by other engineers
        
        Water Resource Engineer:
        --Helps to protect water resources and ensure that water is adequately supplied to cities or agricultural areas
        
        Ocean Engineer:
        --Combine engineering with oceanography to design systems for oceanographic operations
        --Research, oil production, mineral exploration, marine transportation, commercial fishing, ocean resources management
        
        Transportation Engineer:
        --Involved with the transport of people
        --Roadways
        --Railroads
        --Waterways
        
        Government and Urban Planning Engineer:
        --Oversee Public works projects in municipalities and regional areas
        --Traffic patterns, neighborhood, zoning issues
    - - The PE license or the Professional Engineer license is not required for every engineer but can be very help in managerial positions.
      - Licensed Professional Engineers can:
        
        Oversee the work of other engineers
        
        Approve Design Plans
        
        Sign Off on Projects
        
        Provide Services Directly to the Public
      - States Usually Require the Following to obtain a PE license:
        
         A degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program
        
         A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
        
         Relevant work experience, typically at least 4 years working under a licensed engineer
        
         A passing score on the Professional Engineering (PE) exam
- - - - Job Satisfaction
        
        Engineering was the fourth most popular major (8.2% of all majors) behind Business (25%), Education (10.6%), and Humanities and Liberal Arts (9.7%)
        (CENM)
      - Concentration from Men to Women in Engineering as a Whole 84% to 16%
        Concentration from Men to Women in Civil Engineering
        Also 84% to 16%
        Median Annual Wage for Women Engineers
        $62,000 compared to $80,000 for Men
        Median Annual Wage for Women Civil Engineers
        Also $62,000 compared to $79,000 for Men
        Civil Engineers ranked the second most median annual wage for Hispanics and seventh for Asians
        (CENM)
      - “Despite the gender gap, civil engineering ranked 10th among all majors with highest median earnings for women, behind such other fields as chemical engineering ($72,000), electrical engineering ($70,000), mechanical engineering ($70,000), and industrial and manufacturing engineering ($67,000).” Page 26
        (CENM)
      - “According to the report, the engineering group was made up of 71 percent whites, 14 percent
        Asians, 9 percent Hispanics, 5 percent African-Americans, and 1 percent other races and ethnic groups.” Page 26
        (Civil Engineering News Mag)= (CENM)
      - “For whites with an engineering degree, median earnings were $80,000, compared with $72,000 for Asians, $60,000 for African-Americans, $57,000 for other races and ethnic groups, and $56,000 for Hispanics.” Page 26
        (CENM)
- - - - Civilian Salary:
        10%- $52,900
        25%- $64,750
        50%- $82.220
        75%- $104,730
        90%- $129,850
        (MyFuture.com)
      - Military Salary:
        10%- $60,731
        25%- $73,047
        50%- $87,932
        75%- $111,032
        90%- $131,403
        (MyFuture.com)
      - • The median annual wage for a civil engineer in 2016 was $83,540.
        • Compared to the average engineer’s annual wage was $91,010
        (OOH)
      - Annual Average Wage for each type of job:
        • Federal Gov- $92,320
        • Local Gov- $88,370
        • Engineering Services- $82,710
        • State Gov- $80,200
        • Non-Residential Construction- $77,170
        (OOH)
    - - --Annual Mean Wage- $79,500
        --90%- $119,280
        --10%- $44,470
        --Employment per 1,000 people- 1.46
        --Employment- 2,730
        (OOH)
    - - Top 5 Location Quotient:
        --Alaska- 1.82
        --Washington- 1.79
        --Montana- 1.71
        --Colorado- 1.68
        --Hawaii- 1.66
        (OOH)
      - Top 5 Employment:
        --California- 38,440
        --Texas- 26,580
        --Florida- 16,930
        --New York- 15,450
        --Pennsylvania- 12,490
        (OOH)
      - Top 5 Average Wage:
        --Alaska- $120,580
        --District of Columbia- $107,210
        --California- $104,570
        --Texas- $99,810
        --New Jersey- $98,930
        (OOH)