<p>It depends on what you mean by good. There are few schools in the entire country better than Columbia for civil engineering (a few dozen at the very most). If you want to work in NYC in the construction industry, I’d say it’s one of the best schools you can choose as civil engineering / construction firms tend to recruit heavily from local schools.</p>
<p>I can’t really speak about the interest on campus much; I was only at Columbia for a year for a master’s degree and only knew a small percentage of the students there. It wouldn’t surprise me if it were true though.</p>
<p>I am not on Lionshare.</p>