2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in New York

Environmental Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #94 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for environmental engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 15 doctor's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Environmental Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The environmental engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in New York ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of environmental engineering students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for environmental engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Environmental Engineering in New York

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in environmental engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Environmental Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

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

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia University in the City of New York is a popular option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in New York.

There were roughly 10 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in environmental engineering needs to take a look at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, ESF is a public college with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in New York.

There were about 3 environmental engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at ESF in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

3

Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Clarkson University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Potsdam. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in New York.

There were about 1 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clarkson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Clarkson University

3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in New York.

There were approximately 1 environmental engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University at Buffalo

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	12
Maryland	114	8
New Jersey	113	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Environmental Engineering

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Environmental Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	149
Mechanical Engineering	97
Chemical Engineering	77
Biomedical Engineering	73
Civil Engineering	57
Materials Engineering	32
Industrial Engineering	28
Operations Research	27
Other Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	16

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.