Is a Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering degree worth it?
Across 32 schools, graduates of Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering earn a median $80,714 five years out on $22,375 of debt — most often working as Architectural and Engineering Managers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$80,714
Median debt
$22,375
Years to pay off
2.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
47%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.3%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
1.2%
$75,049 vs $74,114
Net price
$17,799/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$9,282
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.