2025 Best Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology Associate Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your associate degree in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #235 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 271 associate degrees in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology.

Top Schools for an Associate in Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Tech

1

Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Clackamas Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology. Clackamas Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Oregon City.More information about a associate in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology from Clackamas Community College

2

Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology needs to take a look at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in water quality & wastewater treatment management & recycling technology from Milwaukee Area Technical College

Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology by Region

View the Best Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology Related Rankings by Major

Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology is one of 6 different types of Environmental Control Technology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology	600
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	87
Other Environmental Control Technologies	54
Hazardous Materials Management & Waste Technology	38

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.