Undergraduate Student Outcomes

Know Where You’re Going, Well Before Graduation

After four years, you’ll have learned a lot.

How to work in diverse teams. How to apply technical know-how. How to tap your store of grit and resilience. But most importantly, you’ll have discovered a lot about your purpose.

At graduation, and probably well before, you’ll know where you’re heading.

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Ready to Make an Impact

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40%

of 2024 seniors expected to be working for pay by the fall

60%

of 2024 seniors planned to attend graduate or professional school in the fall

97%

of our seniors who took the FE exam passed it the first time

Ready to Be a PE

In your fourth year, you can take the national Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, an essential step toward becoming a licensed Professional Engineer

Each Duke CEE student is encouraged take it in the fall of senior year, regardless of intended career path.

Our students are well prepared: About two-thirds of the graduating class take the exam—and 97 percent pass the first time.

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Objectives & Outcomes

We expect that, a few years after graduation, graduates of our program will be on track to become leaders in corporate, professional, and academic communities.

  • Duke’s Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

    Duke’s Environmental Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.

  • The alumni of the CE and EnvE programs at Duke are expected to exhibit the following behaviors:

    • Conceive, communicate, and contribute to effective and sustainable solutions to professional, multi-disciplinary challenges (in, for example, engineering design, project management, consulting, finance, and academia) by utilizing fundamental principles of mathematics, science, and engineering, and employing engineering methods and judgment as needed;
    • Seek and engage in professional development, including advanced degrees and professional licensure, to enhance their capabilities and personal fulfillment;
    • Be leaders in their professional and personal communities while responding ethically and boldly when confronted with modern societal and environmental challenges.

  • Our students will have the following capabilities upon completion of their degrees:

    1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
    2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
    3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
    4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
    5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
    6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
    7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Enrollment & Graduation Rates



Academic Year

Enrollment
Civil Engineering
Degrees Awarded		Environmental Engineering
Degrees Awarded
20246014⬥4⬥
202362173
202239122
202137152
202037142

Enrollment is for the fall semester. Degrees awarded are a grand total for the academic year, first major only. More data is available through the Office of the University Registrar.

  • Summer completions not included

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