Environmental
Engineering
Environmental Engineering is the design and development of solutions to improve the quality of the environment and reduce the effects of negative environmental factors such as pollution and toxic water. Environmental Engineers handle a lot of the green initiatives such as encouraging and improving recycling and waste management processes. They are concerned with anything involving the landscape and air around us and the quality of the earth’s life.
Average Salary: $77,540
Degree needed:
Bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering
Typically work at/for:
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Pollution control
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Farms
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Agricultural production sites
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Waste Management
Featured Females
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Ellen Shallow Richards was the first female in America to get a degree in Chemistry and was at one point, the only woman accepted into MIT. She set the standards for water quality and began water treatment plants.
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