Environmental Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

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

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and approximately 37,437 students attend the school each year.

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.

CU - Boulder Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

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

CU - Boulder Environmental Engineering Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in environmental engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Environmental Engineering Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

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

CU - Boulder Environmental Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of environmental engineering master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

Of the students who received a environmental engineering master's degree from CU - Boulder, 59% 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 34% 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 University of Colorado Boulder with a master's in environmental engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Environmental Engineering

The following environmental engineering concentations are available at University of Colorado Boulder. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado Boulder. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering	18

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Environmental Engineers	1,260	$98,350
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950
Health and Safety Engineers	360	$103,940

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 University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.