Environmental Engineering at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UCR.

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.

UCR Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCR Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at UCR 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 UCR 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
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	50

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from UCR. This makes it the #51 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCR Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCR is $57,269. This is 2% higher than $56,263, which is the national average for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from UCR in 2021, 29% were men and 71% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCR Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 environmental engineering majors earned their master's degree from UCR. Of these graduates, 100% were men and 0% were women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from UCR, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• General Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical 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 - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.