2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Southeast Region

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 6 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the most popular for environmental engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 40 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. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

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 the Southeast Region

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

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In GA

#1 Best Quality In GA

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in Georgia.

There were roughly 10 environmental engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

9 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In FL

#1 Best Quality In FL

University of Florida is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in Florida.

There were about 9 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University of Florida

3

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TN

#1 Best Quality In TN

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in Tennessee.

There were roughly 7 environmental engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Vanderbilt University

4

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In SC

#1 Best Quality In SC

Clemson University is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in environmental engineering. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in South Carolina.

There were roughly 6 environmental engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from Clemson University

5

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In FL

#3 Best Quality In FL

Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large 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 Florida.

There were about 5 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University of South Florida - Main Campus

6

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In FL

#2 Best Quality In FL

Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in environmental engineering in Florida.

There were roughly 3 environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in environmental engineering from University of Central Florida

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the most popular environmental engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	15
Georgia	124	9
Tennessee	98	5
South Carolina	88	1

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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	467
Mechanical Engineering	295
Civil Engineering	252
Biomedical Engineering	250
General Engineering	217
Chemical Engineering	154
Materials Engineering	122
Industrial Engineering	122
Computer Engineering	110
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	80

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.