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2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in New York

8 Colleges in New York
308 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Environmental Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #240 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for general environmental engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 308 degrees in general environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Environmental Engineering School

Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in New York Your choice of general environmental engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Environmental Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Environmental Engineering in New York

The schools below may not offer all types of environmental engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New York Schools in Environmental Engineering

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

Columbia University in the City of New York is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly 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 year we have data available.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY

It's difficult to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges 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 year we have data available.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
9th Most Popular In NY

It's hard to beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute if you want to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy. This school ranks 6th out of 136 schools 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 data year.

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New York University
New York, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In NY

It is difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.

There were about 12 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY

Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 28 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NY

Located in the town of Potsdam, Clarkson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 29th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 28 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clarkson in the most recent year we have data available.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In NY

Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.

There were about 21 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent year we have data available.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY
35 Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded

Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 65th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were roughly 35 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at CCNY in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best General Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 978 160
Maryland 618 71
New Jersey 614 24
Delaware 345 23

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