Environmental Engineering at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 56 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from UF.

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.

UF Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UF

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UF does offer online courses in environmental engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UF 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
	46

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from UF. This makes it the #2 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UF Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UF is $56,025. 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 UF

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

UF Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from UF in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at UF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Florida with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UF Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students graduated with a master's degree in environmental engineering from UF. About 26% were men and 74% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UF also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Materials 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Environmental Engineers	1,480	$80,540
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170
Health and Safety Engineers	830	$80,170

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.