Environmental Engineering at Wilkes University

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

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,781. Of the 562 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2021, 24 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.

Wilkes Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

Wilkes Environmental Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the environmental engineering progam at Wilkes compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Wilkes 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 Focused Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Environmental Engineering Schools	10
Most Popular Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Environmental Engineering Schools	43
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools	72

Earnings of Wilkes Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wilkes is $54,835. This is less than $56,263, which is the national average of all environmental engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Wilkes

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

Wilkes Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Wilkes also has a doctoral program available in environmental engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical 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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Environmental Engineers	2,960	$89,410
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Health and Safety Engineers	1,410	$107,950

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.