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 University of Georgia. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in environmental engineering, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The bachelor's program at UGA was ranked #43 on College Factual's Best Schools for environmental engineering list. It is also ranked #2 in Georgia.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UGA paid an average of $8,555 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $2,909 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,790 | $28,830 |
Fees | $2,290 | $2,290 |
Books and Supplies | $1,052 | $1,052 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,328 | $10,328 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,198 | $4,198 |
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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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UGA in Environmental Engineering walked away with an average of $21,500 in student debt. That is 7% lower than the national average of $23,242.
The median early career salary of environmental engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UGA is $53,108 per year. That is 5% higher than the national average of $50,467.
UGA does not offer an online option for its environmental engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UGA Online Learning page.
About 60.7% of the students who received their BS in environmental engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 51.5%.
Around 17.9% of environmental engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at UGA 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 | 2 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 22 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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 | 28 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Engineering | 7 |
Civil Engineering | 49 |
Computer Engineering | 35 |
Electrical Engineering | 27 |
Mechanical Engineering | 148 |
*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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