Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute stacks up to those at other schools.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,582 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2021, 12 of them were environmental engineering majors.

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.

RPI Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

RPI Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental engineering programs across the country. The following shows how RPI 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 RPI 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 Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	25
Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
	55

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from RPI. This makes it the #43 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 environmental engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from RPI, about 58% were men and 42% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at RPI 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RPI 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.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from RPI, 80% 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in environmental engineering.

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

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

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Environmental Engineers	3,100	$90,470
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Health and Safety Engineers	1,830	$95,530

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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.