土木工程师设计，建造和维护我们社会的建筑结构，包括道路，桥梁，建筑物，饮用水和能源系统，水路和港口，机场以及清洁环境的基础设施。土木工程是一个令人兴奋的职业，因为您会看到设计的产品，无论是高层建筑，桥梁，水坝，回旋处，运河还是风力涡轮机，仅举几例。土木工程师可以在私人机构中的咨询公司工作，也可以在公共部门中的地方，州或联邦政府工作，这些工作涉及外部工作，动手施工和监控，计算机辅助分析和设计。土木工程学位还为建立其他职业（例如管理，公共管理，教学，法律和医学）奠定了良好的基础。
Civil engineers design, build, and preserve the built fabric of our society including roads, bridges, buildings, drinking water and energy systems, waterways and ports, airports and the infrastructure for a cleaner environment. Civil engineering is an exciting profession because you get to see the products of your design, whether it is a high-rise building, a bridge, a dam, a roundabout, a canal or a wind turbine, to name a few. Civil engineers may work in the private sector at consulting firms or in the public sector for local, state or federal government in jobs that involve being outside, hands-on construction and monitoring, computer-aided analysis and design. A civil engineering degree also provides a great foundation to build other careers such as management, public administration, teaching, law and medicine.