Environmental Engineering at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 23,589. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Drexel.

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.

Drexel Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Drexel Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Drexel 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	109

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Drexel. This makes it the #27 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Drexel

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

Drexel Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Drexel. About 44% of these graduates were women and the other 56% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Drexel University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Drexel Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 environmental engineering majors earned their master's degree from Drexel. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Drexel also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Architectural 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 PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Environmental Engineers	2,960	$89,410
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Health and Safety Engineers	1,410	$107,950

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.