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2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools

78 Colleges in the United States
2,859 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general environmental engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #240 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.

College Factual looked at 78 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,859 degrees in general environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Environmental Engineering School

Best General Environmental Engineering Schools Your choice of general environmental 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 general environmental 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.

General Environmental Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Environmental Engineering
Master's Degrees in Environmental Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Environmental Engineering

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 General Environmental Engineering Schools. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Environmental Engineering in the United States

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the environmental engineering degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

15 Top Schools in Environmental Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.

There were approximately 14 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
69 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Johns Hopkins University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general environmental engineering. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.

There were roughly 69 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
61 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you wish to pursue a 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. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.

There were approximately 61 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

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4
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX
64 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in general environmental engineering needs to look into The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 64 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In CA
40 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.

There were approximately 40 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

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6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In GA
79 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.

There were about 79 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IL

Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were approximately 5 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In CA
33 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were roughly 33 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.

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9
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.

There were approximately 27 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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10
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI
45 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.

There were about 45 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In FL
79 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were about 79 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.

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12
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In CO
43 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 1st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 43 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available.

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13
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
82 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 82 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.

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14
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In CA

UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.

There were roughly 7 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.

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15
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In NY

RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy. This school ranks 6th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 12 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.

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Rest of the Top Best General Environmental Engineering Schools

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for General Environmental Engineering students that almost earned our Best General Environmental Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
16 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
17 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
18 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
19 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
20 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
21 Tufts University Medford, MA
22 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Cincinnati, OH
23 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
24 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
25 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
26 Clemson University Clemson, SC

General Environmental Engineering by Region

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