Environmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

UT Knoxville Environmental Engineering Rankings

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.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Environmental Engineering from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from UT Knoxville, 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Agricultural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Environmental Engineers	1,060	$93,620
Health and Safety Engineers	870	$83,960
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.