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Civil Engineering (Bachelor's) Programs in Louisiana, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Louisiana civil engineering bachelor's program pays its graduates $65,119 in their first year, $4,463 less than the national median. UL Lafayette reports the highest first-year pay ($69,177), and University of New Orleans the lowest median debt ($21,750).

Median first-year pay$65,119National $69,582
Median pay after 5 years$80,744National $85,897
Median federal debt$27,000National $24,500
Debt-to-earnings40%National 35%

All 5 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

Debt and first-year pay at every Louisiana civil engineering program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Louisiana medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. UL Lafayette$69,177
  2. LSU$67,552
  3. University of New Orleans$65,119
  4. Louisiana Tech University$61,868
  5. Southern University$60,219

Lowest median debt

  1. University of New Orleans$21,750
  2. LSU$22,486
  3. Louisiana Tech University$27,000
  4. UL Lafayette$27,500
  5. Southern University$32,162

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. LSU33%
  2. University of New Orleans33%
  3. UL Lafayette40%
  4. Louisiana Tech University44%
  5. Southern University53%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to civil engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Civil Engineers

$105,380

Median pay in Louisiana. 3,780 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 22,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $64,570Top 10%: $156,610

Architectural and Engineering Managers

$162,850

Median pay in Louisiana. 1,840 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $119,600Top 10%: $218,970

Environmental Engineers

$130,510

Median pay in Louisiana. 340 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $76,500Top 10%: $201,300

Petroleum Engineers

$139,640

Median pay in Louisiana. 710 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $43,440Top 10%: $221,800

Common questions

UL Lafayette in Lafayette reports the highest median first-year pay, $69,177. Its median federal debt is $27,500.

Related pages

Civil Engineering (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked207 programs by pay and debt

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
  • Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Louisiana rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the civil engineering bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024