Environmental Engineering at University of Kansas

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

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and has a total student population of 26,744.

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.

KU Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

KU 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 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #34 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in environmental engineering from KU. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 73% better than the national average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Architectural 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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,520	$129,220
Environmental Engineers	370	$85,400
Engineering Professors	310	$107,820
Health and Safety Engineers	170	$86,210

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.