General Environmental Engineering at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Environmental Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Yale General Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

Yale General Environmental Engineering Rankings

The environmental engineering major at Yale is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale General Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of environmental engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering at Yale are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale General Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 53% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in environmental engineering each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Environmental Engineers	830	$88,810
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280
Health and Safety Engineers	150	$99,350

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 Jdbrandt under License

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