Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 120

Program Details

The mission of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is to educate a diverse student body to be employed in the engineering profession, to encourage research and scholarship among our faculty and students and to promote service to the engineering profession and society. Our program objectives are reflected in the achievements of our recent alumni in these areas:  

  • Engineering Practice: Alumni will successfully engage in the practice of environmental engineering within industry, government, and private practice, applying engineering analysis and design toward sustainable solutions across a wide array of technical specialties, including water and wastewater treatment system design, environmental microbiology, site remediation engineering, sustainability planning, environmental policy, and environmental systems analysis.
  • Professional Growth: Alumni will advance their skills through professional growth and development activities such as graduate study in engineering, research and development, professional registration, and continuing education; some graduates will transition into other professional fields such as business and law through further education.
  • Service: Alumni will perform service to society and the engineering profession through membership and participation in professional societies,  including the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and allied organizations, as well as government, educational institutions, civic organizations, charitable giving, and other humanitarian endeavors.

What You Will Learn:

By the time they graduate from the environmental engineering program, our students should have acquired the following:

  • An ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics
  • An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors
  • An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  • An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts
  • An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives
  • An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
  • An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Admissions & curriculum

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Environmental Engineering Salaries

$48,750

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$63,447

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

NJIT’s graduate programs in Environmental Engineering rank in the top 75 in the U.S.

Career Prospects

Where do Environmental Engineering majors work?

Common Job Titles
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Water Resources/Drainage Engineer
  • Environmental Specialist
  • Senior Environmental Project Manager
  • Air Quality Engineer
Top Employers
  • AECOM
  • Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
  • WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • Langan
  • Stantec

What our students are saying

  • Wenxin  Ye
    I’m from Beijing, and I’ve been aware of environmental issues since I was a kid. I’m here to learn how to improve and fix these problems."
    Wenxin Ye
  • Ahmed Khaled  Abdella
    I work on nanobubbles. My target is to help develop simple, cheap, eco-friendly and safe technologies for all parts of the world."
    Ahmed Khaled Abdella
  • Hilsson Angeles
    NJIT was my dream school."
    Hilsson Angeles

Tuition Cost

How Much does it cost to Attend NJIT?

$32,216
Average cost of attendance for NJ resident undergrads living on campus
- $18,913
Average amount of grants and scholarships per student
= $13,303
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