General Environmental Engineering at University of Georgia

If you plan to study general 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.

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.

UGA General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UGA General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at UGA 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.

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 General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% 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 UGA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 83% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UGA General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in environmental engineering each year. UGA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from UGA, 69% 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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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