Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study environmental engineering, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purdue Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Purdue 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	47
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Purdue Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

52% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in environmental engineering each year. Purdue does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Environmental Engineering

If you plan to be a environmental engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering	66

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180
Environmental Engineers	750	$82,180
Health and Safety Engineers	270	$88,220

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
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