Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 9 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from MIT.

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.

MIT Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

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 MIT 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
	1
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools	40
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools	55
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from MIT. This makes it the #43 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from MIT in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

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

MIT Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 5 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from MIT, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

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

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

MIT also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Environmental Engineers	2,820	$90,070
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Health and Safety Engineers	670	$99,090

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.