Environmental Engineering at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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.

Michigan State Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Michigan State Environmental Engineering Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 4 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Michigan State, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Agricultural 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Environmental Engineers	1,420	$93,770
Health and Safety Engineers	710	$88,980

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.