2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in Colorado

Environmental Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #117 most popular master'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 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the most popular for environmental engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 master's degrees in environmental engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in environmental engineering matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in Colorado 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. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for environmental engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Environmental Engineering in Colorado

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in environmental engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Environmental Engineering Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

16 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in environmental engineering has to take a look at University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in environmental engineering in Colorado. More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Colorado School of Mines is a popular option for students pursuing a master's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in environmental engineering in Colorado. More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from Colorado School of Mines

3

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in environmental engineering. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Idaho	95	0
Montana	86	7
Wyoming	57	1

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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	227
Mechanical Engineering	210
General Engineering	181
Civil Engineering	135
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	134
Chemical Engineering	30
Materials Engineering	24
Systems Engineering	23
Geoscience Engineering	19
Petroleum Engineering	17

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.