Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Bachelor's Degree · about 52 graduates a year

$70,008
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$81,818
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$81,171
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#22 of 46
Rank by pay
#15 of 46
Rank, wage-adjusted
$25,102
Median federal debt

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus graduates in environmental/environmental health engineering earn 1% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 31% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Compares for Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

All 46 colleges reporting environmental/environmental health engineering earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Cornell University Ithaca, NY$103,016$98,050#1$69,558
2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA$102,702$93,452#2$82,197
3Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX$90,143$91,649#6$76,708
4San Diego State University San Diego, CA$88,417$80,454#25$66,482
5CUNY City College New York, NY$87,804$83,571#18$62,945
6Oregon State University Corvallis, OR$87,699$88,216#9$68,223
7Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR$87,699$88,216#10$68,223
8Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO$87,278$81,622#21$69,102
9University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH$86,926$92,763#3—
10North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC$85,808$92,084#5$67,251
…
19University of California-Merced Merced, CA$83,007$75,531#33$47,028
20University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO$82,020$76,705#30$63,049
21Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO$82,005$76,691#31$66,109
22Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA$81,818$84,698#15$70,008
23Clemson University Clemson, SC$81,714$90,608#7$68,363
24University of Georgia Athens, GA$81,604$84,477#17$62,915
25Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA$80,855$82,230#20$61,414

Other Majors at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$150,628$105,137#14 of 459
Computer Engineering$128,497$93,629#23 of 189
Industrial Engineering$128,003$87,826#2 of 94
Mathematics$122,099—#12 of 309
Nuclear Engineering$114,772—#2 of 12
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$111,655$86,865#29 of 258
Business Administration, Management and Operations$106,155$73,557#23 of 1176
Chemical Engineering$104,104$85,847#30 of 158
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$102,755$74,562#20 of 118
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$102,415$79,300#16 of 59
Mechanical Engineering$99,955$78,862#40 of 318
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$99,915$76,507#1 of 158
Design and Applied Arts$95,697$52,694#3 of 299
Materials Engineering$92,260$76,488#16 of 34
Civil Engineering$85,133$75,688#116 of 233
Research and Experimental Psychology$83,012—#3 of 82
Physics$82,431—#40 of 107
International Relations and National Security Studies$79,264—#17 of 118
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$72,940$25,623#30 of 110
Architecture$71,292$48,863#20 of 78
Science, Technology and Society$65,454$40,297#8 of 10
Public Policy Analysis—$48,383—
Biology—$19,167—

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus environmental/environmental health engineering graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $70,008 one year after graduating and $81,818 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus rank for environmental/environmental health engineering?

Among 46 colleges reporting earnings for environmental/environmental health engineering graduates, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus ranks #22 by median pay four years after graduation, and #15 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is environmental/environmental health engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus worth it?

Its graduates earn 1% more than the national median for environmental/environmental health engineering ($81,171), and the median federal debt at graduation is $25,102.

← All data for Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.