2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in general environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #113 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general environmental engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 172 doctor's degrees in general environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general environmental engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general environmental engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general environmental engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general environmental engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Environmental Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Environmental Engineering in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general environmental engineering.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Environmental Engineering

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general environmental engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

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The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general environmental engineering needs to check out The University of Texas at El Paso. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general environmental engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso

General Environmental Engineering by Region

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Rankings in Majors Related to Environmental Engineering

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic. More about our data sources and methodologies.