Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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

WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and approximately 6,920 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

WPI Environmental Engineering Degrees Available

• 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

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 Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Environmental Engineering from WPI in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were 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 13% 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

Related Majors

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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.