Environmental Engineering at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 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.

UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UC Irvine 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical environmental engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Irvine since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 - Irvine with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Environmental Engineering

The following environmental engineering concentations are available at University of California - Irvine. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Irvine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering	30

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical 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 - Irvine.

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 TFNorman under License

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