General Environmental Engineering at University of Iowa

If you are interested in studying general environmental engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Iowa. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and has a total student population of 30,318.

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.

Iowa General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Iowa General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Iowa 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Iowa

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

Iowa General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 Iowa since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Iowa 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 Iowa with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Iowa General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in environmental engineering each year. Iowa does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
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 IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060
Environmental Engineers	380	$79,210
Health and Safety Engineers	120	$75,400

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 KMSatoh202 under License

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