Environmental Science at Rutgers University - Newark

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and approximately 13,231 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Environmental Science section at the bottom of this page.

Rutgers Newark Environmental Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

Rutgers Newark Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at Rutgers Newark is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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 bioenvironmental sciences, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at Rutgers Newark

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the bioenvironmental sciences majors at Rutgers University - Newark.

Rutgers Newark Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Rutgers Newark since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rutgers University - Newark with a bachelor's in bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - Newark.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	2,670	$80,350
Environmental Science Professors	160	$103,650

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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