Water Resources Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1072 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Water Resources Engineering Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 degrees in water resources engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Water Resources Engineering School
Your choice of water resources engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for water resources engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Water Resources Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Water Resources Engineering Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Water Resources Engineering in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the water resources engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in water resources engineering. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Villanova University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in water resources engineering. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year.
University of Delaware is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in water resources engineering. UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #118 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UD is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in water resources engineering needs to look into Oregon State University. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 3 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.
University of Idaho is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in water resources engineering. U of I is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Moscow. This university ranks 1st out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 10 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 18 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
UNM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque. This university ranks 1st out of 23 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 8 water resources engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of water resources engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for water resources engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
