Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

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

Columbia is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 30,135. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Columbia.

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.

Columbia Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Columbia performed in these rankings.

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 Columbia 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
	6
Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	33

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Columbia. This makes it the #9 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Columbia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from Columbia in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Columbia Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Columbia also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil 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 Columbia University in the City of New York.

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.