Environmental Engineering at University of California - Davis

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

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,846 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Davis in 2021, 37 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.

UC Davis Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

UC Davis Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Environmental Engineering Schools	42
Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools	88

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UC Davis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at University of California - Davis.

UC Davis Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from UC Davis. About 35% were men and 65% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	10
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Textile Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Health and Safety Engineers	2,340	$107,290

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.