2025 Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a master's degree in environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #133 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 92 master's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 environmental engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental engineering students who choose to seek a master'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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for environmental engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Environmental Engineering in the Far Western US Region

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

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Environmental Engineering

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

20 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in environmental engineering needs to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from University of Southern California

2

California State University - Fullerton
Fullerton, CA

55 Annual Graduates

$97,390 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in environmental engineering needs to look into California State University - Fullerton. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the environmental engineering program make about $97,390 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from California State University - Fullerton

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	72
Washington	183	2
Oregon	158	10
Nevada	105	5
Alaska	52	1

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Environmental Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Environmental Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Environmental Engineering	92

Most Popular Majors Related to Environmental Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	1,998
Mechanical Engineering	1,384
Civil Engineering	1,260
Computer Engineering	1,250
Biomedical Engineering	572
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	399
Other Engineering	355
Operations Research	306
Systems Engineering	301
General Engineering	300

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.