Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University

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

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and approximately 7,067 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Lehigh.

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.

Lehigh Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Lehigh Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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 Environmental Engineering Schools	23
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools	86

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Lehigh. This makes it the #65 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from Lehigh in 2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Lehigh 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 Lehigh University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

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

Lehigh Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 2 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Lehigh, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

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

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

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Computer 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 Lehigh 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 IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.