Employment and Recruitment

Employment

A comparison of starting salaries for civil and environmental engineering graduates is tabulated below. These numbers were updated as of March 2024. Please remember that there is a great deal of variability in individual salaries due to factors such as job location (with the U.S. having a wide spectrum of different costs of living by location), industry, company, associated benefits’ packages, and previous experience and qualifications. Salary growth and job satisfaction for career professionals in the built environment industry are both growing strongly.

Notre Dame CEEESOther U.S. Universities [ref]
Bachelors$78,094 (average)$65,259 (median)
MEng/Masters$85,605 (average)$74,411 (median)

Past graduates have launched their careers with the following firms, agencies, or PhD programs:

Recruitment

In the past few academic years, we have hosted recruiters and managers from the following firms during class time and followed by social events to maximize networking opportunities for students. Additional recruiters visit each semester for the university’s Career Fairs.

Abonmarche

AECOM

American Structurepoint

Arcadis

ARCO/Murray

Black & Veatch

Bulley & Andrews

Buro Happold

City of South Bend

Clark Construction Group

Donohue

Frost Engineering & Consulting

Gannett Fleming

Guy Carpenter

Kiewit

Lawson-Fisher Associates

Lochmueller Group

Michigan Department of Transportation

Moffatt & Nichol

Morgan Stanley

Schaefer

SCS Engineers

Severud

Shirley Heinze Land Trust

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)

Stantec

Terracon

Thornton Tomasetti

United Consulting

U.S. Department of State OBO

Verisk

VS Engineering

Walsh Group – Walsh Construction & Archer Western

Westwood

WSP

Yendall Hunter


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