The main focus area for this major is General Environmental Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Environmental Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in environmental engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Purdue was ranked #24 on College Factual's Best Schools for environmental engineering list. It is also ranked #2 in Indiana.
Here are some of the other rankings for Purdue.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $348 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
Fees | $784 | $784 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,030 | $10,030 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,760 | $1,760 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Environmental Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Purdue took out an average of $24,691 in student loans. That is 6% higher than the national average of $23,242.
The median early career salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Purdue is $58,221 per year. That is 15% higher than the national average of $50,467.
Online degrees for the Purdue environmental engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Purdue Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.9% of the environmental engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 51.5%.
Around 19.0% of environmental engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at Purdue in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 29 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Environmental Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Environmental Engineering | 42 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to environmental engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 252 |
Agricultural Engineering | 83 |
Biomedical Engineering | 75 |
Chemical Engineering | 161 |
Civil Engineering | 161 |
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*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.
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