Environmental Engineering at Northern Arizona 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 Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from NAU.

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.

NAU Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

NAU Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental engineering programs across the country. The following shows how NAU 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 NAU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
	51
Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	70
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	76

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from NAU. This makes it the #60 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Environmental Engineering Graduates from NAU Make?

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $55,113. This is less than $56,263, which is the national average of all environmental engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from NAU in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NAU Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from NAU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona 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	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NAU also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,490	$133,860
Environmental Engineers	890	$80,330
Health and Safety Engineers	650	$74,580
Engineering Professors	420	$107,660

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.