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. Of the 9,882 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Irvine in 2021, 28 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 Irvine Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UC Irvine performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	18
	31

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from UC Irvine. This is the #75 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $52,400. This is less than $56,263, which is the national average of all environmental engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 environmental engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine. Of these graduates, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Irvine Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student graduated with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from UC Irvine.

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

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

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.