General Environmental Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Environmental Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCONN General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCONN General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UCONN is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 UCONN since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Connecticut with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCONN General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Environmental Engineers	830	$88,810
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280
Health and Safety Engineers	150	$99,350

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 Daderot under License

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