Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University

If you are interested in studying environmental engineering, you may want to check out the program at Clarkson University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Clarkson is located in Potsdam, New York and has a total student population of 4,025. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Clarkson.

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.

Clarkson Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Clarkson Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at Clarkson compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Clarkson 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
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
	25
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	51

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Clarkson. This makes it the #51 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Environmental Engineering Graduates from Clarkson Make?

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Clarkson is $58,378. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $56,263 for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Clarkson

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Clarkson University.

Clarkson Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 environmental engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Clarkson, about 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Clarkson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Clarkson Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in environmental engineering from Clarkson in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from Clarkson, 75% 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 Clarkson University with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Clarkson also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Chemical 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 NY, the home state for Clarkson University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Environmental Engineers	3,100	$90,470
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Health and Safety Engineers	1,830	$95,530

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 RobinsonRP under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.