Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 39 environmental engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from U-M.

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.

U-M Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

U-M Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at U-M 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
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools	81

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from U-M. This makes it the #4 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Environmental Engineering Graduates from U-M Make?

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at U-M is $56,501. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $56,263 for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from U-M in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at U-M are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its environmental engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

U-M Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 31 students who graduated with a master’s in environmental engineering from U-M in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

U-M also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Construction Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Environmental Engineers	1,420	$93,770
Health and Safety Engineers	710	$88,980

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.