Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

What traits are you looking for in a environmental engineering school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Austin is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's environmental engineering program.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. In 2021, 37 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Austin.

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 Austin Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at UT Austin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UT Austin 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
Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	63

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from UT Austin. This makes it the #12 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The environmental engineering program at UT Austin awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Health and Safety Engineers	3,640	$104,580
Environmental Engineers	3,230	$102,660

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.