Worcester, Massachusetts · Private Non-Profit
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 55 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.0%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~55
- Schools with reported signal
- 141
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 60.2%
- Graduation rate
- 89.7%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $43,071/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $172,284
- Median debt
- $27,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $103,470/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- C
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 141 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.0x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($23,083 above), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($32,924 above). That combination produces a C value grade and a top 88% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Stanford University Stanford, CA · 0.2% reported share · $13,807 net A+ Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · 0.8% reported share · $12,116 net A+ 
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · 1.3% reported share · $16,075 net A+ New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM · 0.9% reported share · $9,873 net A+ 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 0.3% reported share · $20,111 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering accounts for 1% of reported programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which is bigger than 88% of schools in this field set and 2.0x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 55 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's average net price is $43,071 per year, about $172,284 over four years. That is $23,083 above the $19,988 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $103,470 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $32,924 above the $70,546 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Worcester Polytechnic Institute #124 of 141 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.