Environmental Engineering at University of Southern California

Every environmental engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the environmental engineering program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 13 of them were environmental engineering majors.

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.

USC Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Environmental Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks environmental engineering programs across the country. The following shows how USC 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 USC 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
Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	9

In 2021, 29 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from USC. This makes it the #5 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.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 environmental engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at USC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

The environmental engineering program at USC awarded 29 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 45% of these degrees went to men with the other 55% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Health and Safety Engineers	2,340	$107,290

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.