Environmental Engineering at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from UGA.

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.

UGA Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UGA Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

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 UGA 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 Environmental Engineering Schools	17

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from UGA. This makes it the #38 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UGA Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UGA is $60,173. This is 7% higher than $56,263, which is the national average for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from UGA. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at UGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UGA Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

The environmental engineering program at UGA awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 67% of these degrees went to men with the other 33% going to women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from UGA, 83% 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 Georgia with a master's in environmental engineering.

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

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Environmental Engineers	1,710	$79,700
Health and Safety Engineers	1,410	$78,780
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.