General Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a environmental engineering school? To help you decide if Massachusetts Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's environmental engineering program.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Environmental Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

MIT General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

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 General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MIT General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 60% went to 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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