Environmental Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast 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 Gulf Coast University stacks up to those at other schools.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. In 2021, 19 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from FGCU.

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.

FGCU Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

FGCU Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

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 FGCU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools	35
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	42
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools	58
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
	62

Earnings of FGCU Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at FGCU is $54,874. This is less than $56,263, which is the national average of all environmental engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at FGCU 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FGCU also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil 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 Gulf Coast 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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.