Environmental Engineering Bachelors Degree | College of Engineering

Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree

Turn your passion for the environment into a rewarding career. Play a critical role in making the world a better place. Our environmental engineering program teaches you how to be a steward for our planet.

Develop technical and problem-solving skills. Identify and address environmental issues at the local, national, and global levels.

Environmental engineers are the earth's engineer. Apply your knowledge of chemistry, biology, math, and physics. Protect the environment as well as human health. Take part in sustainable solutions for an expanding global community.

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Best Public College for Engineering in America (Niche)
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Best Public School for Internships (The Princeton Review)
No. 3

Best Public College in the US for High Salaries (The Wall Street Journal)
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for Career Placement (The Princeton Review)

Tomorrow Needs Clean Environments

Consider this: more than one billion people lack access to safe drinking water. More than two billion are without adequate sanitation. According to the National Weather Service, each year air pollution costs the United States as much as $150 billion. Health care and lost economic productivity can be expensive.

Data from National Weather Service accessed April 2025.

As an environmental engineer, you will learn to treat and dispose of wastes. Help communities to access safe drinking water and maintain or improve air quality. Clean up contaminated land and water resources and help industry cut pollution.

Environmental engineers at Michigan Tech are ready for what tomorrow needs. Are you?

Engineering Enterprise Concentration

You can pursue an Enterprise concentration by taking part in Michigan Tech's award-winning Enterprise program. It's a great way to enhance your undergraduate degree. Enterprise is when students work in teams on real projects, with real clients, in an environment that's more like a business than a classroom. Choose from among 25 Enterprise teams on campus to invent products, provide services, and pioneer solutions. Tackle real-world design projects for industry sponsors or take part in a national competition (or both). This concentration can add courses in business and entrepreneurship.

Be Career-Ready

Graduate with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Tech. You will be well prepared to transition to an entry-level job in industry. You could also become a high school teacher of science and math or go on to law school. Our degree provides excellent preparation for graduate school. An advanced degree is desirable for a career in academia.

Explore career opportunities for environmental engineers.

Environmental and safety engineer
Water resources engineer
Design engineer
Field coordinator
Project engineer
Air quality engineer
Groundwater quality engineer
Solid and hazardous waste manager
Surface water quality engineer
Water and wastewater processing engineer

$63,391 mean entry-level salary
Figures from payscale.com, accessed April 2025.

Engineering Salaries

My story: Kathryn Krieger, MTUengineer

In my first summer, I worked in [MDOT’s] materials and testing laboratory, doing gradations, concrete strength testing, and aggregate sampling. The next summer, I became a statewide soil erosion and sedimentation control inspector.

Kathryn Krieger ’25

BS Environmental Engineering

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering (CEGE)

Learn from top faculty who are experts in engineering areas including construction management and structural, environmental, and highway engineering.

Take classes featuring sustainable engineering practices.

Try our pilot-scale environmental simulation lab.

Experiment with asphalt and other civil engineering materials.

Receive the personal attention and support necessary for academic success.

Find out about our innovative Rail Transportation Program.

Real Engineering. Meaningful Work.

Michigan Tech’s College of Engineering is committed to inspiring students, advancing knowledge, and innovating technological solutions to create a sustainable, just, and prosperous world. With an entering engineering class of about 1,000 students, 18 degrees to choose from, and 160+ engineering faculty alone, our students take part in a world-class education with the trusted reputation of Michigan Tech.

Collaborate and innovate as part of Michigan Tech’s discovery-based learning environment. Explore the endless possibilities of your engineering education in Engineering Fundamentals. Work closely with world-renowned faculty as a research assistant or develop real solutions with industry partners on an Enterprise team or Senior Design capstone project.

Join the pack and find the support you need. Map your academic career with the help of an academic advisor. Transition to University life with the support of the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success or receive academic support in any of the Learning Centers across campus.

Study abroad, with engineering opportunities ranging from a few weeks to a full year. Focus on problems facing disadvantaged communities in countries around the world. Michigan Tech’s Global and Community Engagement program offers a range of options.

A degree in engineering from Michigan Tech can take you anywhere. After graduating, 95 percent of our alumni find successful employment within six months. Tech engineers work at NASA, Whirlpool, General Motors, Dow, Lockheed Martin, and beyond. With multiple annual Career Fairs and one-on-one advising from Career Services, you can find an internship, co-op, or full-time job where your engineering expertise can make a difference.

Tomorrow Needs Every Engineer

Michigan Tech engineers are at the forefront of change. Using creative ideas and technologies to solve problems in healthcare, energy, transportation, space exploration, climate change, and beyond, Tech engineers are prepared to help people and their communities adapt toward an equitable future. Become an engineer who is ready for what tomorrow needs.

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