Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

If you plan to study environmental engineering, take a look at what Worcester Polytechnic Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,920. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from WPI.

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.

WPI Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WPI

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

WPI does offer online education options in environmental engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WPI Environmental Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The environmental engineering major at WPI 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Environmental Engineering Schools	48
Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in environmental engineering from WPI. This makes it the #38 most popular school for environmental engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of WPI Environmental Engineering Graduates

The median salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at WPI is $59,196. This is 5% higher than $56,263, which is the national average for all environmental engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at WPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the environmental engineering majors at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

WPI Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from WPI in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at WPI 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

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

WPI Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

The environmental engineering program at WPI awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from WPI, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Architectural Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Materials 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 MA, the home state for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Environmental Engineers	2,820	$90,070
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Health and Safety Engineers	670	$99,090

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 Runningonbrains under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.