2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in Iowa

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for general environmental engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 18 degrees in general environmental engineering to qualified students.

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• Best Overall General Environmental Engineering Schools List

General Environmental 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 General Environmental Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. 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 Iowa

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.

Top Iowa Schools in Environmental Engineering

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat University of Iowa if you want to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City.More information about a degree in general environmental engineering from University of Iowa

2

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's difficult to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general environmental engineering from Iowa State University

Best General Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	19
Missouri	693	32
Kansas	599	3
Nebraska	500	6
North Dakota	416	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Environmental Engineering

General Environmental Engineering is one of 0 different types of Environmental Engineering programs to choose from.

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.

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