General Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

Every general environmental engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the environmental engineering program at Columbia University in the City of New York stacks up to those at other schools.

Columbia is located in New York, New York and approximately 30,135 students attend the school each year.

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

Columbia General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Columbia General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Columbia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

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 General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Columbia General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in environmental engineering each year. Columbia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than 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 master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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