Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University

If you are interested in studying environmental engineering, you may want to check out the program at Oregon State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Oregon State.

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.

Oregon State Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Oregon State Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at Oregon State 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 Oregon State 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 Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	33
	39
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	56

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from Oregon State. This makes it the #22 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.

How Much Do Environmental Engineering Graduates from Oregon State Make?

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oregon State is $41,541. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $56,263 for all environmental engineering students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The environmental engineering program at Oregon State awarded 18 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Oregon State 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Oregon State Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 environmental engineering majors earned their master's degree from Oregon State. Of these graduates, 30% were men and 70% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from Oregon State, 70% 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 Oregon State 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	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Architectural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Forest 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,580	$133,490
Environmental Engineers	760	$97,440
Engineering Professors	430	$103,400
Health and Safety Engineers	140	$86,700

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.