Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Environmental Engineering Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 36 environmental engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 47% were men and 53% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Engineering Physics

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Environmental Engineers	1,410	$92,200
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Health and Safety Engineers	570	$88,320

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 Beyond My ken under License

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