Environmental Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study environmental engineering, take a look at what California Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Environmental Engineering

Caltech Environmental Engineering Rankings

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In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Caltech. This makes it the #22 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Caltech, about 70% were men and 30% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from Caltech, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Environmental Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in environmental engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Health and Safety Engineers	2,340	$107,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Canon.vs.nikon under License

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