Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

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

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received their master's degree in environmental engineering.

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.

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Rankings

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a master’s in environmental engineering from UT Austin in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

In the environmental engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Electrical 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Health and Safety Engineers	3,640	$104,580
Environmental Engineers	3,230	$102,660

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.