Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying environmental engineering, you may want to check out the program at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,771. Of the 3,879 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus in 2021, 43 of them were environmental engineering majors.

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.

Georgia Tech Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

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 Georgia Tech 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
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #7 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Environmental Engineering Graduates from Georgia Tech Make?

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $60,224. This is 7% higher than $56,263, which is the national average for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Georgia Tech. About 26% were men and 74% were women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Georgia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia Tech Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 23 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia Tech, about 52% were men and 48% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Environmental Engineers	1,710	$79,700
Health and Safety Engineers	1,410	$78,780
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.