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Environmental Engineering at University of California - Merced

Environmental Engineering at University of California - Merced

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

UC Merced is located in Merced, California and approximately 9,018 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 Merced Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

UC Merced Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UC Merced 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.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UC Merced

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

UC Merced Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 Merced since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 72% 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 - Merced with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Environmental Engineering

If you plan to be a environmental engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Merced. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering 29

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 - Merced.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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