2023 Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 2,759 people earned a degree or certificate in environmental engineering, making the major the #175 most popular in the United States.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 75 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 15% Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Bucknell University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the United States. Bucknell is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Lewisburg.
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With a ranking of #6, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.
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The University of Texas at Austin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for environmental engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree environmental engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best schools for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.
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With a ranking of #10, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
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University of Southern California came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
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Here are some additional great schools for Environmental Engineering students that almost earned our Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools award.
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12 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | Lincoln, NE |
13 | California State University - Fullerton | Fullerton, CA |
14 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
15 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC |
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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major
Environmental Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.
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