This page contains key outcome data for the Environmental Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $62,000 (Rank: 42 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $40,000
- Unemployment Rate: 3.10% (Rank: 54 of 171)
- Percent Female: 45.9%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 36.9%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 3.5%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 6.8%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 127 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 3.18 (Rank: 27 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Civil Engineers: 14.14% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Environmental Engineers: 11.25% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Engineers, : 8.29% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 3.23% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.17% (Average Income: $76,000)
- Management Analysts: 2.82% (Average Income: $94,000)
- Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists: 2.31% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.22%
- Office Clerks, General: 2.15% (Average Income: $25,000)
- Designers: 1.81% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Military, Rank Not Specified: 1.54% (Average Income: $26,000)
- Constructions Managers: 1.42% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 1.30% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Surveyors, Cartographers, and Photogrammetrists: 1.25% (Average Income: $60,000)
- Registered Nurses: 1.17% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 1.09% (Average Income: $105,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 1.03% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Computer Programmers: 1.01% (Average Income: $39,000)
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, : 1.01% (Average Income: $95,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 0.98% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Assemblers and Fabricators, : 0.94% (Average Income: $13,000)
- Editors, News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents: 0.90% (Average Income: $22,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 0.88% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 0.88% (Average Income: $33,000)
- Chemical Engineers: 0.85% (Average Income: $108,000)
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