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Environmental Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Environmental Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you plan to study environmental engineering, take a look at what California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools 8
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 22

Earnings of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $59,486. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $56,263 for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 21
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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