Environmental Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

Every 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 Florida Atlantic University stacks up to those at other schools.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805.

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.

FAU Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

FAU Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at FAU 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.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical environmental engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at FAU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Environmental Engineering

If you plan to be a environmental engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Florida Atlantic University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering	10

Related Majors

• Surveying Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer 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 FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Environmental Engineers	1,480	$80,540
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170
Health and Safety Engineers	830	$80,170

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 Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.